Potential roles of Labyrinthula spp. in global seagrass population declines

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 328-338

  Sullivan, Brooke K ^a   Sherman, Timothy D ^b   Damare, Varada S ^c   Lilje, Osu ^d   Gleason, Frank H ^d  

^a Back To Nature Design   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Causal agents; Infectious disease; Labyrinthula; Marine; Mass wasting disease; Seagrass; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LABYRINTHULA; PROTISTA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 84884419083     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2013.06.004     Document Type: Review

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