Rapid and slow sand filtration techniques and their efficacy at filtering triactinomyxons of myxobolus cerebralis from contaminated water

North American Journal of Aquaculture

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 261-270

  Arndt, Ronney E ^a   Wagner, Eric J ^a  

^a UTAH DIVISION OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYXOBOLUS; MYXOBOLUS CEREBRALIS; SALMONIDAE; TRIACTINOMYXON;

EID: 7044271108     PISSN: 15222055     EISSN: 15488454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/A04-004.1     Document Type: Article

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