Perkinsus chesapeaki in stout razor clams Tagelus plebeius from Delaware Bay

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 243-247

  Bushek, David ^a   Landau, Brenda ^a   Scarpa, Emily ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Perkinsosis; Perkinsus chesapeaki; Range extension; Stout razor clam; Tagelus plebeius

Indexed keywords

THIOGLYCOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

BIOASSAY; BIVALVE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANGE EXPANSION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOON; SEA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CULTURE MEDIA; DELAWARE; OCEANS AND SEAS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; THIOGLYCOLATES;

DELAWARE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; OSTREIDAE; PERKINSUS CHESAPEAKI; SOLENIDAE; TAGELUS PLEBEIUS;

EID: 42249096289     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao01871     Document Type: Article

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