Spatial and temporal patterns of Australian subtropical white syndrome at east Australian reefs: Host range, prevalence, and progression of tissue necrosis

Handbook of Disease Outbreaks: Prevention, Detection and Control

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 187-210

  Dalton, Steven J ^a,b   Smith, Stephen D A ^a,b   Harrison, Matthew ^a,b   Carroll, Andrew G ^b   Pereg, Lily ^a   Cairns, Stuart C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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