A preliminary survey of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis exposure in hellbenders from a stream in Georgia, USA

Herpetological Review

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-59

  Gonynor, Jessica L ^a   Yabsley, Michael J ^a   Jensen, John B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Nongame Conservation Section   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CRYPTOBRANCHIDAE;

EID: 80051926599     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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