Linking environmental nutrient enrichment and disease emergence in humans and wildlife

Ecological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-29

  Johnson, Pieter T J ^a,g   Townsend, Alan R ^a   Cleveland, Cory C ^b   Glibert, Patricia M ^c   Howarth, Robert W ^d   Mckenzie, Valerie J ^a   Rejmankova, Eliska ^e   Ward, Mary H ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g Department of Health and Human Services ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Dead zones; Eutrophication; Global change; Harmful algal blooms (habs); Host parasite interaction; Human health; Nitrogen; Zoonotic disease

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ALGAL BLOOM; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD PRODUCTION; GLOBAL CHANGE; HEALTH RISK; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN RESOURCE; MALARIA; MORTALITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; PATHOGEN; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TROPICAL REGION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; WILD ANIMAL; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILIZERS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; ZOONOSES;

ALGAE; AMPHIBIA; ANTHOZOA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 77649133493     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0633.1     Document Type: Article

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