Experimental exposure of the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis, L.) to the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium fundyense: Histopathology, immune responses, and recovery

Harmful Algae

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 702-711

  Galimany, Eve ^a   Sunila, Inke ^b   Hégaret, Hélène ^c   Ramón, Montserrat ^d,e   Wikfors, Gary H ^f  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

^b State of Connecticut   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares   (Spain)

^e INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^f NOAA Fisheries   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexandrium fundyense; Harmful algal blooms; Hemocyte; Histopathology; Immunology; Mytilus edulis

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDRIUM FUNDYENSE; ALGAE; DINOPHYCEAE; MYTILUS EDULIS; RHODOMONAS SP.; TREMATODA;

EID: 45849141924     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2008.02.006     Document Type: Article

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