Combined effects of a parasite, QPX, and the harmful-alga, Prorocentrum minimum on northern quahogs, Mercenaria mercenaria

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 337-344

  Hégaret, Hélène ^a   Smolowitz, Roxanna M ^b   Sunila, Inke ^c   Shumway, Sandra E ^a   Alix, Jennifer ^d   Dixon, Mark ^d   Wikfors, Gary H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c State of Connecticut   (United States)

^d NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bivalve mollusc; Dinoflagellate; Harmful algal bloom; Hemocyte; Mercenaria mercenaria; Parasite; Prorocentrum minimum; QPX; Quahog; Shellfish

Indexed keywords

ALGAE CONTROL; SHELLFISH; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BIVALVE MOLLUSCS; DINOFLAGELLATE; HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS; HEMOCYTE; MERCENARIA MERCENARIA; PARASITE; PROROCENTRUM MINIMUMS; QUAHOG;

MOLLUSCS;

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ALGA; ALGAL BLOOM; BIVALVE; DINOFLAGELLATE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTIVITY; LABORATORY METHOD; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARASITE; PATHOLOGY;

ALGAL BLOOM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GILL; GRANULOMA; HARMFUL ALGA; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; LABYRINTOHOMORPHA; MERCENARIA; MERCENARIA MERCENARIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROROCENTRUM MINIMUM; THRAUSTOCHYTRIALES;

ALGAE; BIVALVIA; DINOPHYCEAE; MERCENARIA MERCENARIA; MOLLUSCA; PROROCENTRUM MINIMUM; THRAUSTOCHYTRIIDAE;

EID: 77952668177     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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