Immune responses in the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas: An overview with focus on summer mortalities

Oysters: Physiology, Ecological Distribution and Mortality

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 227-273

  Schmitt, Paulina ^a,b   Duperthuy, Marylise ^a,c   Montagnani, Caroline ^a   Bachère, Evelyne ^a   Destoumieux Garzón, Delphine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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