Prevalence, host range, and spatial distribution of black band disease in the Maldivian Archipelago

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-74

  Montano, Simone ^a   Strona, Giovanni ^a   Seveso, Davide ^a   Galli, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Black band disease; Coral diseases; Disease prevalence; Host range; Psammocora; Republic of Maldives

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; ATOLL; BACTERIAL DISEASE; CORAL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HOST RANGE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INDIAN OCEAN; MICROBIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; TIME FACTORS;

MALDIVES;

EID: 84880602034     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02608     Document Type: Article

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