Widespread occurrence of the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the southeastern USA

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-18

  Rothermel, Betsie B ^a,j   Walls, Susan C ^b,k   Mitchell, Joseph C ^c,l   Dodd Jr , C Kenneth ^d   Irwin, Lisa K ^e,m   Green, David E ^f   Vazquez, Victoria M ^g   Petranka, James W ^h   Stevenson, Dirk J ⁱ  

^a AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^f NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE   (United States)

ⁱ ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^j ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^k U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^l Mitchell Ecological Research Service   (United States)

^m Ouachita Technical College Arts Sciences and Education Division   (United States)

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Author keywords

Acris; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chytridiomycosis; Geographic distribution; Notophthahnus; Pseudacns; Rana

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIOASSAY; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; HISTOLOGY; MORTALITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; MYCOSES; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACRIS; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BUFONIDAE; FUNGI; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; RANIDAE; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 56649087940     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao01974     Document Type: Article

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