Mycobacteriosis-associated mortality in wild striped bass (Morone Saxatilis) from Chesapeake Bay, Usa

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1718-1727

  Gauthier, D T ^a,d   Latour, R J ^a   Heisey, D M ^b   Bonzek, C F ^a   Gartland, J ^a   Burge, E J ^c   Vogelbein, W K ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c E Craig Wall Sr College of Business Administration   (United States)

^d OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease associated mortality; Force of infection; Morone saxatilis; Mycobacteriosis; Striped bass

Indexed keywords

MORONE; MORONE SAXATILIS; MYCOBACTERIUM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BASS; FEMALE; FISH DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM; SEA; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BASS; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55949115849     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-2083.1     Document Type: Article

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