Lack of transmission of Hematodinium sp. in the blue crab Callinectes sapidus through cannibalism

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 249-258

  Li, Caiwen ^a   Wheeler, Kersten N ^a   Shields, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphipod; Crustacea; Dinoflagellate; Disease; Parasite; Scavenger

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BAY; CANNIBALISM; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CRAB; DINOFLAGELLATE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; JUVENILE; PARASITE INFESTATION; SCAVENGER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRACHYURA; CANNIBALISM; CRUSTACEA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; CANNIBALISM; CRUSTACEA;

MARYLAND; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DINOPHYCEAE; HEMATODINIUM; HEMATODINIUM SP.; LEPTOCHEIRUS PLUMULOSUS;

EID: 80053619534     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02399     Document Type: Article

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