Seasonal variation of ectosymbiotic ciliates on farmed and wild shrimps from coastal Yucatan, Mexico

Aquaculture

Volumn 287, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 271-277

  López Téllez, Norma A ^a,b   Vidal Martínez, Victor M ^a   Overstreet, Robin M ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LA PESCA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectosymbiotic ciliates; Penaeus (Litopenaeus) vannamei; Seasonal variation; Shrimp; Wild shrimp; Yucatan, Mexico

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; CILIATE; CRUSTACEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOOD INTAKE; LIVESTOCK; LOCOMOTION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RESPIRATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYMBIONT; WILD POPULATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; YUCATAN;

ACINETA TUBENOSA; CILIOPHORA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EPISTYLIS; FARFANTEPENAEUS; FARFANTEPENAEUS BRASILIENSIS; LITOPENAEUS VANNAMEI; ZOOTHAMNIUM;

EID: 58149460706     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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