Natural dermo resistance and related defense mechanisms in eastern oysters, Crassostrea virginica, with implications for restoration

American oyster (Crassostrea virginica) stocks on the East Coast in general, and in Chesapeake Bay in particular, have been in decline over the past half-century in large part due to Dermo disease, caused by the protist parasite Perkinsus marinus. Efforts to restore oysters for their ecological and...

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Main Author: Stickler, Shawn Michael
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: W&M ScholarWorks 2004
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539616864
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2431&context=etd