Human intervention in freshwater ecosystems drives disease emergence

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 705-716

  Peeler, Edmund J ^a   Feist, Stephen W ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquatic animal; Epidemiology; Host switching; Parasite; Pathogen

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79952234980     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02572.x     Document Type: Article

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