Historic occurrence of the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in hellbender Cryptobranchus alleganiensis populations from Missouri

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-7

  Bodinof, Catherine M ^a   Briggler, Jeffrey T ^b   Duncan, Mary C ^c   Beringer, Jeff ^b   Millspaugh, Joshua J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

^c Saint Louis Zoological Park ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chytrid; Cryptobranchus alleganiensis; Hellbender; Missouri

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; ENDEMISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FUNGUS; HISTOLOGY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; RIVER; SKIN; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; MISSOURI; MYCOSES; RIVERS; SKIN; TIME FACTORS; URODELA;

MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CRYPTOBRANCHIDAE; CRYPTOBRANCHUS ALLEGANIENSIS; FUNGI;

EID: 80052457722     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02380     Document Type: Article

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