Monitoring of the immune efficiency of Mytilus galloprovincialis in Adriatic sea mussel farms in 2006: Regular changes of cytotoxicity during the year

Invertebrate Survival Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 10-12

  Malagoli, D ^a   Casarini, L ^a   Ottaviani, Enzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Immune efficiency; Mytilus galloprovincialis

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349155950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1824307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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