The rising tide of ocean diseases: Unsolved problems and research priorities

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 375-382

  Harvell, Drew ^a   Aronson, Richard ^b   Baron, Nancy ^c   Connell, Joseph ^d   Dobson, Andrew ^e   Ellner, Steve ^a   Gerber, Leah ^f   Kim, Kiho ^g   Kuris, Armand ^d   McCallum, Hamish ^h   Lafferty, Kevin ^d,i   McKay, Bruce ^j   Porter, James ^k   Pascual, Mercedes ^l   Smith, Garriett ^m   Sutherland, Katherine ^k   Ward, Jessica ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Dauphin Island Marine Lab   (United States)

^c COMPASS ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

ⁱ USGS   (Australia)

^j SeaWeb   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; ECHINODERMATA; MAMMALIA; MOLLUSCA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 8744305332     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1540-9295(2004)002[0375:TRTOOD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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