Mycoflora and aflatoxins in soil, eggshells, and failed eggs of Chelonia mydas at Ras Al-Jinz, Oman

Chelonian Conservation and Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 267-270

  Elshafie, Abdulkadir ^a   Al Bahry, Saif N ^a   AlKindi, Abdulaziz Y ^a   Ba Omar, Taher ^a   Mahmoud, Ibrahim ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS OCHRACEUS; CHELONIA (GENUS); CHELONIA MYDAS; FUNGI; TESTUDINES;

EID: 38349150048     PISSN: 10718443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2744/1071-8443(2007)6[267:MAAISE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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