Severe mortality in mesocosm-reared sharpsnout sea bream Diplodus puntazzo larvae due to epitheliocystis infection

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-60

  Katharios, Pantelis ^a   Papadaki, Maria ^a   Papandroulakis, Nikos ^a   Divanach, Pascal ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Disease; Epitheliocystis; Fish larva; Mortality; Sea bream

Indexed keywords

MESOCOSM; MICROSCOPY; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PERCIFORM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLASSIFICATION; FISH DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SEA BREAM; SKIN DISEASE;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FISH DISEASES; LARVA; SEA BREAM; SKIN DISEASES;

ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; CHLAMYDIA; DIPLODUS PUNTAZZO;

EID: 56649123097     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao01968     Document Type: Article

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