Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection dynamics in the Columbia spotted frog Rana luteiventris in north Idaho, USA

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 92, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 223-230

  Russell, Danelle M ^a   Goldberg, Caren S ^a   Waits, Lisette P ^a   Rosenblum, Erica Bree ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian declines; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chytrid; Idaho; Rana luteiventris

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; FROG; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; METAMORPHOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DECLINE; SKIN; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FROGS AND TOADS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANURA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; IDAHO; LARVA; MALE; MYCOSES; SEASONS;

COLUMBIA [MISSOURI]; IDAHO; MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; METAMORPHA; RANA LUTEIVENTRIS;

EID: 78650471500     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02286     Document Type: Article

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