The amphibian chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis occurs on freshwater shrimp in rain forest streams in Northern Queensland, Australia

EcoHealth

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-52

  Rowley, Jodi J L ^a   Alford, Ross A ^a   Skerratt, Lee F ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alternative host; Amphibian decline; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chytridiomycosis

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUNGAL DETECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAIN FOREST; SHRIMP; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STREAM (RIVER); WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; ARTHROPODA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FUNGI;

EID: 33644841390     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-005-0005-5     Document Type: Article

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