Mass mortality of cultured ascidians Halocynthia roretzi associated with softening of the tunic and flagellate-like cells

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 223-234

  Kumagai, Akira ^a   Suto, Atsushi ^a   Ito, Hiroshi ^a   Tanabe, Toru ^a   Takahashi, Kiyotaka ^a   Kamaishi, Takashi ^b   Miwa, Satoshi ^b  

^a Miyagi Prefecture Fisheries Technology Institute   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Etiology; Flagellate; Halocynthia roretzi; Mass mortality; Soft tunic syndrome

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SPREAD; ETIOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFECTIVITY; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MASS MORTALITY;

HONSHU; JAPAN; MIYAGI; TOHOKU;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; HALOCYNTHIA RORETZI; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

ANIMAL; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; JAPAN; TIME; UROCHORDATA;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; JAPAN; TIME FACTORS; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 77957365008     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02228     Document Type: Article

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