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

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 322-332

  Perrigault, Mickael ^a   Dahl, Soren F ^a   Espinosa, Emmanuelle Pales ^a   Gambino, Laura ^a   Allam, Bassem ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Hard clam; Immune response; Mercenaria mercenaria; Parasite; QPX; Temperature; Thraustochytrid

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; MERCENARIA; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PREVALENCE; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; FLORIDA; HEMOCYTES; MASSACHUSETTS; MERCENARIA; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PREVALENCE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

BIVALVIA; LABYRINTHULIDA; MERCENARIA; MERCENARIA MERCENARIA; PROTISTA; THRAUSTOCHYTRIIDAE;

EID: 78751584867     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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