Presence of the amphibian chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) on hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) in the Ozark highlands

Herpetological Review

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 443-444

  Briggler, Jeffrey T ^a   Larson, Krista A ^a,c   Irwin, Kelly J ^b  

^a MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

^b ARKANSAS GAME AND FISH COMMISSION   (United States)

^c MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CRYPTOBRANCHIDAE; CRYPTOBRANCHUS ALLEGANIENSIS; FUNGI;

EID: 57749197559     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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