Presence of the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in populations of the critically endangered frog Mannophryne olmonae in Tobago, West Indies

EcoHealth

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-39

  Alemu I, Jahson B ^a,b   Cazabon, Michelle N E ^a   Dempewolf, Lena ^a   Hailey, Adrian ^a   Lehtinen, Richard M ^c   Mannette, Ryan P ^a   Naranjit, Kerrie T ^a   Roach, Alicia C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c 931 College Mall   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Caribbean; Chytridiomycosis; Mannophryne olmonae; Tobago

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; FROG; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES ENDEMICITY;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; MANNOPHRYNE OLMONAE;

EID: 43449110422     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-008-0154-4     Document Type: Article

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