Experimental infection and repeat survey data indicate the amphibian chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis may not occur on freshwater crustaceans in northern Queensland, Australia

EcoHealth

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-36

  Rowley, Jodi J L ^a   Hemingway, Valentine A ^b   Alford, Ross A ^a   Waycott, Michelle ^a   Skerratt, Lee F ^a   Campbell, Ruth ^a   Webb, Rebecca ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative host; Amphibian declines; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chytridiomycosis; Crayfish; Freshwater shrimp

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS; CRAYFISH; CRUSTACEA; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FRESHWATER SPECIES; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAIN FOREST; RESERVOIR; SHRIMP; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

AMPHIBIA; ASTACOIDEA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 34247279167     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-006-0075-z     Document Type: Article

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