Tissue changes in the shore crab Carcinus maenas as a result of infection by the parasitic barnacle Sacculina carcini

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-79

  Powell, Adam ^a   Rowley, Andrew F ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barnacle; Carcinus maenas; Haemolymph chemistry; Histopathology; Parasite; Sacculina carcini; Shore crab

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN; PLASMA PROTEIN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRAB; CRUSTACEAN; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SERUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRACHYURA; HEPATOPANCREAS; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THORACICA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD PROTEINS; BRACHYURA; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN; HEPATOPANCREAS; MUSCLES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; THORACICA; WALES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MENAI STRAIT; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); SACCULINA CARCINI; THORACICA;

EID: 47349100991     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao01930     Document Type: Article

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