Evaluation of splenic macrophage aggregates of red mullet (Mullus barbatus) as biomarkers of degraded environments in the western Mediterranean using image analysis

Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 46-51

  Carrasson M ^a   Curell, J ^a   Padros F ^a   Crespo, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MULLIDAE; MULLUS BARBATUS;

EID: 45549096779     PISSN: 01080288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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