Bait and the susceptibility of American lobsters Homarus americanus to epizootic shell disease

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-8

  David Bethoney, N ^a   Stokesbury, Kevin D E ^a   Stevens, Bradley G ^b   Altabet, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE   (United States)

Author keywords

15N; Decapod crustacean; Diet; Feeding behaviour

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

BAIT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIVALVE; CLUPEOID; CRAB; DIET; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; LOBSTER; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SHELL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EPIDEMIC; FISH; FOOD; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; NEPHROPIDAE;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FISHES; FOOD; MUSCLES; NEPHROPIDAE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES;

MARTHA'S VINEYARD; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

CLUPEIDAE; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HOMARUS AMERICANUS; LOBSTER; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 79957600208     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02349     Document Type: Article

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