Clostridium botulinum type E in Lake Erie: Inter-annual differences and role of benthic invertebrates

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 238-244

  Pérez Fuentetaja, Alicia ^a   Clapsadl, Mark D ^a   Getchell, Rodman G ^b   Bowser, Paul R ^b   Lee, W Theodore ^c  

^a BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT FREDONIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthos; Botulism outbreaks; Clostridium botulinum type E; Dreissenids; Lake Erie; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BOTULISM OUTBREAKS; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE E; DREISSENIDS; LAKE ERIE;

ANIMALS; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CLOSTRIDIUM; REDOX REACTIONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TISSUE;

LAKES;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BENTHOS; GROWTH; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INVERTEBRATE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MORTALITY; PH; REDOX POTENTIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPHIC LEVEL;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE;

ANATIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHIRONOMIDAE; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; DREISSENIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 79958023690     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2011.03.013     Document Type: Article

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