Introduced pathogens and native freshwater biodiversity: A case study of sphaerothecum destruens

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Andreou, Demetra ^a,b   Arkush, Kristen D ^c   Guégan, Jean François ^d,e   Gozlan, Rodolphe E ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Universities of Montpellier 1 and 2 ^*  (United States)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^e Interdisciplinary Center on Biodiversity Climate Change and Infectious Diseases   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRAMIS BRAMA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CARP; FRESHWATER FISH; MORTALITY RATE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RUTILUS RUTILUS; SPHAEROTHECUM DESTRUENS; SURVIVAL RATE; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; FISH DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY;

FRESH WATER;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; FRESH WATER;

EID: 84872011563     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036998     Document Type: Article

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