Distribution limits of batrachochytrium dendrobatidis: A case study in the Rocky Mountains, USA

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1198-1202

  Hossack, Blake R ^a   Muths, Erin ^b   Anderson, Chauncey W ^a   Kirshtein, Julie D ^a   Corn, Paul Stephen ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian chytrid fungus; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chytridiomycosis; Pathogen reservoir; Water sampling

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI;

FRESH WATER;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; DISEASE CARRIER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; UNITED STATES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 75349092324     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-45.4.1198     Document Type: Article

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