The potential impact of climate change on the infectious diseases of commercially important shellfish populations in the Irish Sea - A review

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 741-759

  Rowley, Andrew F ^a   Cross, Maud E ^b   Culloty, Sarah C ^b   Lynch, Sharon A ^b   Mackenzie, Clara L ^c   Morgan, Emer ^b   O'Riordan, Ruth M ^b   Robins, Peter E ^c   Smith, Amanda L ^a   Thrupp, Tara J ^a   Vogan, Claire L ^a   Wootton, Emma C ^a   Malham, Shelagh K ^c  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate change; emerging infectious diseases; Irish Sea; shellfish disease

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; SHELLFISH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRISH SEA;

EID: 84901392499     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fst234     Document Type: Review

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