Internal organ pathology of wild American lobster (Homarus americanus) from eastern Canada affected with shell disease

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 257-269

  Comeau, Michel ^a   Benhalima, Kadra ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electronic microscopy; Gill; Sperm viability; Testis; Vas deferens

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXOSKELETON; LESION; LOBSTER; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPERM;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HOMARUS AMERICANUS; LOBSTER;

EID: 67650805843     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330909509999     Document Type: Conference Paper

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