Avian piscivores as vectors for Myxobolus cerebralis in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 976-988

  Koel, Todd M ^a   Kerans, Billie L ^b   Barras, Scott C ^c,d   Hanson, Katie C ^c   Wood, John S ^e  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^e Pisces Molecular   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNELID; BIRD; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE VECTOR; DISPERSAL; FECES; PISCIVORE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONID; SHALLOW WATER; VIABILITY;

GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM; UNITED STATES; WYOMING; YELLOWSTONE LAKE;

ARDEA HERODIAS; AVES; MYXOBOLUS; MYXOBOLUS CEREBRALIS; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII BOUVIERI; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PELECANUS ERYTHRORHYNCHOS; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS; SALMONIDAE; TUBIFEX TUBIFEX; TUBIFICIDAE;

EID: 79954530077     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T09-051.1     Document Type: Article

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