Parasite (Ribeiroia ondatrae) infection linked to amphibian malformations in the western United States

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 151-168

  Johnson, Pieter T J ^a,b,j   Lunde, Kevin B ^a,b   Thurman, E Michael ^c   Ritchie, Euan G ^d   Wray, Simon N ^e   Sutherland, Daniel R ^f   Kapfer, Joshua M ^f   Frest, Terrence J ^g   Bowerman, Jay ^h   Blaustein, Andrew R ⁱ  

^a CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^g Deixis Consultants   (United States)

^h Sunriver Nature Center   (United States)

ⁱ OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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Author keywords

Abnormality frequency in amphibians; Ambystoma; Amphibian; Bufo; Hyla; Limb deformity, amphibians; Parasite induced malformations; Planorbella snails vs. Ribeiroia infection; Rana; Ribeiroia ondatrae; Taricha; Trematode

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; AMPHIBIAN; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MORPHOLOGY;

(WEST); UNITED STATES;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACRODACTYLUM; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO; DIGENEA; GASTROPODA; HYLA; HYLA REGILLA; PLANORBELLA; PLANORBIDAE; PSEUDACRIS REGILLA; RANA AURORA; RANA LUTEIVENTRIS; REPTILIA; RIBEIROIA; RIBEIROIA ONDATRAE; TARICHA; TARICHA TOROSA; TREMATODA;

EID: 0036591080     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(2002)072[0151:PROILT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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