The relationship between gorgonian coral (Cnidaria: Gorgonacea) diseases and African dust storms

Aerobiologia

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-126

  Weir Brush, J R ^a   Garrison, V H ^b   Smith, G W ^c   Shinn, E A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b FL USA   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AIKEN   (United States)

Author keywords

aero mycology; African dust; Aspergillus sydowii; gorgonian coral; sea fan disease

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS SYDOWII; COELENTERATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; DUST; FUNGAL CELL CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTHOZOA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS SYDOWII; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; FLABELLUM; FUNGI; GORGONACEA; GORGONIA; GORGONIA FLABELLUM; GORGONIA VENTALINA;

EID: 3142765367     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AERO.0000032949.14023.3a     Document Type: Article

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