Amphibian chytrid fungus and ranaviruses in the Northwest Territories, Canada

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 92, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 231-240

  Schock, Danna M ^a   Ruthig, Gregory R ^f   Collins, James P ^b   Kutz, Susan J ^a   Carrière, Suzanne ^c   Gau, Robert J ^c   Veitch, Alasdair M ^c   Larter, Nicholas C ^c   Tate, Douglas P ^d   Guthrie, Glen ^e   Allaire, Daniel G ^c   Popko, Richard A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^d PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

^e Sahtu Renewable Resources Board   (Canada)

^f GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian declines; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Bufo boreas; Nahanni national park reserve; Pseudacris maculata; Rana sylvatica; Ranavirus; Taiga Plains

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; POPULATION DECLINE; VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; DNA VIRUS INFECTION; FROGS AND TOADS; IRIDOVIRUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; MYCOSES; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; RANAVIRUS;

CANADA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BUFO BOREAS; FROG VIRUS 3; FUNGI; MIRIDAE; PSEUDACRIS MACULATA; RANA SYLVATICA; RANAVIRUS;

EID: 77957278849     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02134     Document Type: Article

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