Effect of age on liver pathology and other diseases in flatfish: Implications for assessment of marine ecological health status

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 411, Issue , 2010, Pages 215-230

  Stentiford, G D ^a   Bignell, J P ^a   Lyons, B P ^a   Thain, J E ^a   Feist, S W ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Assessment tool; Cohort tracking; Flatfish; Harm score; Infectious disease; Liver cancer; Marine monitoring; Otolith

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; AQUACULTURE; CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLATFISH; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MEDICINE; MIGRATION; OTOLITH; PATHOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; TRACKING; WILD POPULATION;

EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; LIMANDA LIMANDA; PLEURONECTIFORMES;

EID: 77955911557     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08693     Document Type: Article

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