Role of salinity in the susceptibility of eelgrass Zostera marina to the wasting disease pathogen Labyrinthula zosterae

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 377, Issue , 2009, Pages 123-130

  McKone, Katie L ^a   Tanner, Christopher E ^a  

^a ST MARY'S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Eelgrass; Labyrinthula; Phenolic acid; Salinity; Wasting disease; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

LESION; PARASITIC DISEASE; PATHOGEN; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; SALINITY; SEAGRASS;

LABYRINTHULA; LABYRINTHULA ZOSTERAE; PROTISTA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 62149112911     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07860     Document Type: Article

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