The health status of European silver eels, Anguilla anguilla, in the Dutch River Rhine Watershed and Lake IJsselmeer

Aquaculture

Volumn 309, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 15-24

  Haenen, O L M ^a   Lehmann, J ^b   Engelsma, M Y ^a   Sturenberg F J ^b   Roozenburg, I ^a   Kerkhoff, S ^b   Breteler, J Klein ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Landesamt für Natur Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz ^*  (Germany)

^c VIVION BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anguilla anguilla; Bacteria; Condition; Disease; Haematology; Parasite; River Rhine; Silver eel; Virus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BLOOD; CONDITION FACTOR; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ECTOPARASITE; EEL; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INJURY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DECLINE; SPAWNING; SURVIVAL; VIRAL DISEASE; WEIGHT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IJSSELMEER; NETHERLANDS; RHINE BASIN; SARGASSO SEA;

AEROMONAS; ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLICOLA CRASSUS; ANGUILLID HERPESVIRUS 1; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 78049527534     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2010.08.026     Document Type: Article

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