Pathology and mass mortality of Pacific oysters, Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg), in 2005 at the East Frisian coast, Germany

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 621-630

  Watermann, B T ^a,b   Herlyn, M ^e   Daehne, B ^c   Bergmann, S ^d   Meemken, M ^c   Kolodzey, H ^b  

^a Laboratory for Aquatic Research and Compartative Pathology (LimnoMar)   (Germany)

^b Laboratory for Aquatic Research and Comparative Pathology (LimnoMar)   (Germany)

^c Niedersächsisches Landesamt für Wasserwirtschaft Küsten und Naturschutz ^*  (Germany)

^d Biological Station Norderney   (Germany)

^e FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crassostrea gigas; Gill disease; Histology; Mass mortality; Mytilus edulis; Viral gametocytic hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; BODY SIZE; CELL LINE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GERMANY; GILL; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSSEL; OYSTER; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CELL LINE; CRASSOSTREA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GERMANY; GILLS; HEMOCYTES; MALE; MORTALITY; MYTILUS EDULIS;

CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; MYTILUS EDULIS; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 46749108090     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2008.00953.x     Document Type: Article

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