Effects of temperature on hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) immunity and QPX (Quahog Parasite Unknown) disease development: I. Dynamics of QPX disease

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 314-321

  Dahl, Soren F ^a   Perrigault, Mickael ^a   Liu, Qianqian ^a   Collier, Jackie L ^a   Barnes, Debra A ^b   Allam, Bassem ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease prevalence; Environment; Hard clam; Mercenaria mercenaria; Mortality; Parasite; QPX; Temperature; Thraustochytrid

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMMUNOLOGY; MERCENARIA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; FLORIDA; MASSACHUSETTS; MERCENARIA; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

BIVALVIA; LABYRINTHULIDA; MERCENARIA; MERCENARIA MERCENARIA; THRAUSTOCHYTRIIDAE;

EID: 78751575446     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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