Black noddies (Anous minutus) and wedge-tailed shearwaters (Puffinus pacificus) as potential hosts for fungi invading sea turtle nests at Heron Island, Queensland

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-76

  Phillott, A D ^a   Elsmore, S A M ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fungi; Sea turtles; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA; ANOUS MINUTUS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS CANDIDUS; ASPERGILLUS UNGUIS; CHELONIIDAE; CICONIIFORMES; COLLETOTRICHUM MUSAE; DRECHSLERA; DRECHSLERA SP.; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM CITRINUM; PUFFINUS; PUFFINUS PACIFICUS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 2942620284     PISSN: 03721426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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