Viruses Infecting Marine Molluscs

Studies in Viral Ecology: Animal Host Systems

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 153-175

  Renault, Tristan ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Herpes like viruses, research economic and ecological impact, cultured and wild marine molluscs; Marine birnaviruses in molluscs isolated in vitro, different bivalve mollusc species; Viruses, infecting marine molluscs mortality outbreaks, economically significant mollusc species

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869491169     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118025710.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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