Epidemiological determinants in outbreaks of bitter crab disease (Hematodinium sp.) in snow crabs Chionoecetes opilio from Conception Bay, Newfoundland, Canada

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-72

  Shields, Jeffrey D ^a   Taylor, David M ^b   O'Keefe, Paul G ^b   Colbourne, Eugene ^b   Hynick, Elaine ^b  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climatic variation; Dinoflagellate; Ecology; Epidemic; Epidemiology; Global warming; Molting; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CHIONOECETES BAIRDI; CHIONOECETES OPILIO; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DINOPHYCEAE; HEMATODINIUM SP.;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BRACHYURA; CANADA; DINOFLAGELLATE; FEMALE; MALE; MOLTING; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BRACHYURA; DINOFLAGELLIDA; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOLTING; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 44949205313     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao01825     Document Type: Article

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