Does chytridiomycosis disrupt amphibian skin function?

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 2010, Pages 487-495

  Carver, Scott ^a,b   Bell, Ben D ^a   Waldman, Bruce ^c,d  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b MONTANA TECH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FROG; FUNGAL DISEASE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; OSMOREGULATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESPIRATION; SKIN; TOXIN; WATER BUDGET;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; HYLIDAE; LITORIA RANIFORMIS;

EID: 77957340651     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CH-09-128     Document Type: Article

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