Preliminary amphibian health survey in the Delaware water Gap national recreation area

Journal of Aquatic Animal Health

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 102-114

  Glenney, Gavin W ^a   Julian, James T ^b   Quartz, William M ^a  

^a US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CHOANOZOA; FROG VIRUS 3; HYLA VERSICOLOR; HYLIDAE; ICHTHYOPHONUS; IRIDOVIRIDAE; IRIDOVIRUS; MIRIDAE; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PSEUDACRIS CRUCIFER; RANA SYLVATICA; RANAVIRUS; SALAMANDRIDAE;

VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA VIRUS INFECTION; GENETICS; IRIDOVIRUS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCOSIS; PHYLOGENY; RECREATION; UNITED STATES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOSES; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PENNSYLVANIA; PHYLOGENY; RANAVIRUS; RECREATION; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 77957919994     PISSN: 08997659     EISSN: 15488667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/H09-037.1     Document Type: Article

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