Ballast water as a vector of coral pathogens in the Gulf of Mexico: The case of the Cayo Arcas coral reef

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1570-1577

  Aguirre Macedo, M Leopoldina ^a   Vidal Martinez, Victor M ^a   A Herrera Silveira, Jorge ^a   Valdés Lozano, David S ^a   Herrera Rodríguez, Miguel ^b   Olvera Novoa, Miguel A ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^b PEMEX   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ballast water; Coral reef; Coral reef diseases; Microbiology; Tankers as vector; Vibrio cholerae 01

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; EUTROPHICATION; LANDFORMS; NUTRIENTS; REEFS; SHIPS; TANKERS (SHIPS); WATER; WATER QUALITY;

BALLAST WATER; COLIFORMS; CORAL DISEASES; CORAL REEF; CORAL REEF DISEASES; CORAL REEFS; CRUDE OILS; GULF OF MEXICO; H IGH CONCENTRATIONS; MICROBIOLOGY; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; OCEANIC WATERS; PATHOGENIC BACTERIA; QUALITY PARAMETERS; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; TANKERS AS VECTOR; TYPE II; VIBRIO CHOLERAE 01; WATER QUALITY INDEXES;

OIL TANKERS;

RIVER WATER; SEA WATER;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BALLAST WATER; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORAL REEF; DISEASE VECTOR; ENDEMIC SPECIES; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PATHOGEN; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORAL; CORAL REEF; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEA POLLUTION; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER QUALITY; WATER TRANSPORT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BACTERIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIPS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAMPECHE BANK; CAYOS ARCAS; GULF OF MEXICO;

ANTHOZOA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1;

EID: 50049103122     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.05.022     Document Type: Article

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