Widespread occurrence of endophytic Labyrinthula spp. in northern European eelgrass Zostera marina beds

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 445, Issue , 2012, Pages 109-116

  Bockelmann, Anna Christina ^a   Beining, Katrin ^a   Reusch, Thorsten B H ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

18S sequence analysis; Eelgrass; Labyrinthula infection; Salinity; Wasting disease

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOPHYTE; EPIDEMIC; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LESION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE INFESTATION; PROTIST; SALINITY; SEAGRASS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; VIRULENCE;

ADRIATIC SEA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTH SEA; SKAGERRAK; WADDEN SEA;

LABYRINTHULA; LABYRINTHULA ZOSTERAE; PROTISTA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 84856175473     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09398     Document Type: Article

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