Global distribution of two fungal pathogens threatening endangered sea turtles

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Sarmiento Ramírez, Jullie M ^a   Abella Pérez, Elena ^b   Phillott, Andrea D ^c,d   Sim, Jolene ^e   Van West, Pieter ^f   Martín, María P ^a   Marco, Adolfo ^b   Diéguez Uribeondo, Javier ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c ASIAN UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN   (Bangladesh)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Georgetown Ascension Island   (Saint Helena)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CLAY; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; EGG SHELL; EMBRYO; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; FEMALE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM FALCIFORME; FUSARIUM KERATOPLASTICUM; HATCHING; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA; MYCELIAL GROWTH; NATATOR DEPRESSUS; NESTING; NONHUMAN; OPTIMAL GROWTH TEMPERATURE; SEA TURTLE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SURVIVAL; TSUNAMI; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FUSARIUM; GEOGRAPHY; MYCELIUM; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OCEANS AND SEAS; OVUM; PHYLOGENY; TEMPERATURE; TURTLES;

EID: 84899679950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085853     Document Type: Article

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