Immunological responses of fishes to glochidia of freshwater mussels

The immunological aspects of the interaction between fish and glochidia were studied using glochidia of the Alabama rainbow mussel (Villosa iris). Tested host species was the rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris) and non-host fishes were common carp (Cyprinus carpio) and goldfish (Carassius auratus). Ou...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Connell, Martin T.
Other Authors: Fisheries and Wildlife
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/41705
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03172010-020539/