In search of human-associated bacterial pathogens in antarctic wildlife: Report from six penguin colonies regularly visited by tourists

Ambio

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 430-439

  Bonnedahl, Jonas ^b   Broman, Tina ^b   Waldenström, Jonas ^b   Palmgren, Helena ^b   Niskanen, Taina ^b   Olsen, Björn ^b   Lundberg, Cecilia ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b Åbo Akademi University ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PATHOGEN; TOURISM; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WORLD;

AVES; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; SALMONELLA; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 23944504469     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-34.6.430     Document Type: Article

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99. I thank my supervisor, Professor Erik Bonsdorff, and two anonymous referees for valuable comments on the manuscript. I am also grateful for the answers to my questions from Associate Professors Tore Lindholm and Mikael Kilpi, and Dr. Mikael Nordström. This is a contribution from the research program MARE - Marine Research on Eutrophication.
100. First submitted 17 March 2004. Revised manuscript received 7 June 2004. Accepted for publication 15 June 2004.