Morphology and pathology of the ectoparasitic copepod, Nicothoë astaci ('lobster louse') in the European lobster, Homarus gammarus

Parasitology

Volumn 138, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1285-1295

  Wootton, Emma C ^a   Pope, Edward C ^a   Vogan, Claire L ^a   Roberts, Emily C ^a   Davies, Charlotte E ^a   Rowley, Andrew F ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

European lobster; Homarus gammarus; host defence; Nicotho astaci; parasitic copepod; pathology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COPEPOD; ECTOPARASITE; FEMALE; GILL; HEMOLYMPH; HEMOSTASIS; HOMARUS GAMMARUS; HOST; LOBSTER; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NICOTHOE ASTACI; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; COPEPODA; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; EOSINE YELLOWISH-(YS); FEMALE; GILLS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEMATOXYLIN; HEMOCYTES; HEMOLYMPH; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEPHROPIDAE; SHELLFISH;

ANIMALIA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; HOMARUS GAMMARUS; LEPEOPHTHEIRUS SALMONIS; LOBSTER; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 80053062766     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118201100093X     Document Type: Article

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