Relationship between fibropapillomatosis and environmental quality: A case study with chelonia mydas off Brazil

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-95

  Dos Santos, Robson Guimarães ^a   Martins, Agnaldo Silva ^a   Torezani, Evelise ^b   Baptistotte, Cecília ^b   Da Nóbrega Farias, Julyana ^c   Horta, Paulo Antunes ^c   Work, Thierry M ^d   Balazs, George H ^e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b Projeto TAMAR ICMBio   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Chelonia mydas; Ecological index; Environmental quality; Fibropapillomatosis; Green turtle

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HABITAT QUALITY; MACROPHYTE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PATHOGEN; TUMOR; TURTLE;

BRAZIL; ESPIRITO SANTO;

CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIBROMA; PAPILLOMA; PATHOLOGY; POLLUTION; SKIN TUMOR; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FIBROMA; PAPILLOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TURTLES;

EID: 77952311965     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02178     Document Type: Article

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