Immune deficiency causes annual late summer brown trout (Salmo trutta) mortality in Austrian prealpine river systems

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 463-472

  Lahnsteiner, Franz ^a   Haunschmid, Reinhard ^b   Mansour, Nabil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b Institut für Gewässerökologie Fischereibiologie und Seenkunde   (Austria)

Author keywords

Brown trout; Granulocytes; Immunity; Immunoglobulin; Lymphocytes; Lysozyme; Mortality; Rainbow trout

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNITY; MORTALITY; RIVER SYSTEM; SUMMER; WILD POPULATION;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PISCES; SALMO TRUTTA;

EID: 70449536505     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-009-0110-6     Document Type: Article

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