Occurrence of mycobiota in eastern Australian sea turtle nests

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 701-703

  Phillott, A D ^a   Parmenter, C J ^a   Limpus, C J ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Egg; Fungi; Nest; Sea turtle

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS; NEST; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TURTLE;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; MYDAS; NATATOR DEPRESSA; PSEUDALLESCHERIA; PSEUDALLESCHERIA BOYDII; TESTUDINES;

EID: 3943081298     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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