The "100 lobsters" project: A cooperative demonstration project for health assessments of lobsters from Rhode Island

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 431-438

  Shields, Jeffrey D ^a   Wheeler, Kersten N ^a   Moss, Jessica ^a   Somers, Barbara ^b   Castro, Kathleen ^b  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Clawed lobster; Epizootic shell disease; Homarus americanus; Long Island Sound; Narragansett Bay

Indexed keywords

HOMARUS AMERICANUS; LOBSTER; NEPHROPIDAE;

EID: 84864606022     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2983/035.031.0203     Document Type: Article

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