Effects of the pathogenic water mold Saprolegnia ferax on survival of amphibian larvae

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 187-193

  Romansic, John M ^a,c   Diez, Kristin A ^a   Higashi, Elise M ^a   Johnson, James E ^b   Blaustein, Andrew R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma macrodactylum; Amphibian; Pseudacris regilla; Rana aurora; Rana cascadae; Saprolegnia; Water mold

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FROG; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY; PATHOGEN; PROTIST; SURVIVAL;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FROGS AND TOADS; INFECTION; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SAPROLEGNIA;

ANIMALS; ANURA; INFECTION; LARVA; SAPROLEGNIA; URODELA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACRODACTYLUM; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; OOMYCETES; PSEUDACRIS REGILLA; RANA AURORA; RANA CASCADAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; SAPROLEGNIA; SAPROLEGNIA FERAX;

EID: 62149091008     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02007     Document Type: Article

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