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  • The Ecology of Chytridiomycosis in Eastern Australia

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    Author(s)
    Kriger, Kerry M.
    Primary Supervisor
    Hero, Jean-Marc
    Other Supervisors
    Ashton, Kevin
    Year published
    2007
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    Abstract
    Rapid amphibian population declines and extinctions have occurred worldwide in recent decades, often in protected areas where no obvious human disturbance can be identified. Chytridiomycocis is an emerging infectious disease caused by Batrachochutrium dendrobatidis, a chytrid fungus that parasitizes the keratinized epidermis of post-metamorphic amphibians and the mouthparts of tadploes. Batrachochutrium dendrobatidis has been detected in over 200 amphibian species from five continents, and has been diagnosed in dead and dying frogs concurrent with population declines, extirpations and extinctions. Chytriiomycocis is thus ...
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    Rapid amphibian population declines and extinctions have occurred worldwide in recent decades, often in protected areas where no obvious human disturbance can be identified. Chytridiomycocis is an emerging infectious disease caused by Batrachochutrium dendrobatidis, a chytrid fungus that parasitizes the keratinized epidermis of post-metamorphic amphibians and the mouthparts of tadploes. Batrachochutrium dendrobatidis has been detected in over 200 amphibian species from five continents, and has been diagnosed in dead and dying frogs concurrent with population declines, extirpations and extinctions. Chytriiomycocis is thus considered a primary explanation for the global loss of amphibian biodiversity in recent decades.
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    Thesis Type
    Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
    Degree Program
    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
    School
    School of Environmental and Applied Sciences
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.25904/1912/2155
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    The author owns the copyright in this thesis, unless stated otherwise.
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    Subject
    Chytridiomycocis
    Amphibian population declines
    Batrachochutrium dendrobatidis
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/365546
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