Round gobies are an important part of VHSV genotype IVb ecology in the St. Lawrence River and eastern Lake Ontario

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1002-1009

  Cornwell, Emily R ^a   Primus, Alex ^a,d   Wong, Po Ting ^a   Anderson, Gregory B ^b,e   Thompson, Tarin M ^c   Kurath, Gael ^c   Groocock, Geoffrey H ^a   Bain, Mark B ^b   Bowser, Paul R ^a   Getchell, Rodman G ^a  

^a Animal Health Diagnostic Center   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c WESTERN FISHERIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease ecology; Neogobius melanostomus; Round goby; Sequence diversity; Viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FISH; VIRUSES;

DISEASE ECOLOGY; NEOGOBIUS MELANOSTOMUS; ROUND GOBY; SEQUENCE DIVERSITY; VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC SEPTICEMIA VIRUS;

LAKES;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIC; FISH; GENOTYPE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; RIVER WATER; VIRAL DISEASE; WATER QUALITY;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

APOLLONIA MELANOSTOMUS; NEOGOBIUS; VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC SEPTICEMIA VIRUS;

EID: 84918826453     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2014.09.006     Document Type: Article

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