Session: Amphibian Decline and Chytridiomycosis (95th ESA Annual Meeting (August 1 -- 6, 2010))

1:30 PM

COS 39-1

Varying effects of cypermethrin across life history stages in three amphibian species
Lindsay M. Biga, Oregon State University; Andrew R. Blaustein, Oregon State University

1:50 PM

COS 39-2

Terrestrial habitat availability alters the effect of aquatic contaminants on amphibian populations
Amber A. Burgett, Washington University in St. Louis; Jonathan M. Chase, Biodiversity Synthesis Laboratory

2:10 PM

COS 39-3

Anuran’s habitat selection in active and abandoned cranberry farms in the Pine Barrens, New Jersey
Ai Wen, University of Michigan

2:30 PM

COS 39-4

Pesticides, pathogens, and competition: An investigation of the effects of multiple factors on amphibians
Julia C. Buck, Oregon State University; Erin A. Scheessele, Oregon State University; Rick A. Relyea, University of Pittsburgh; Andrew R. Blaustein, Oregon State University

2:50 PM

COS 39-5

Pond clusters and suburbanization: Field enclosures and larval density studies reveal variation in habitat quality across ponds
Alexander J. Felson, Yale University

3:10 PM

COS 39-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 39-6

Interspecific differences in susceptibility to an emerging amphibian pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
Catherine L. Searle, University of Michigan; Stephanie S. Gervasi, Oregon State University; Jessica Hua, Purdue University; John I. Hammond, University of New Mexico; Rick A. Relyea, University of Pittsburgh; Andrew R. Blaustein, Oregon State University

3:40 PM

COS 39-7

Future threats for global amphibian diversity
Christian Hof, Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F) & Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung; Miguel Araújo, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales; Walter Jetz, Yale University; Carsten Rahbek, University of Copenhagen

4:00 PM

COS 39-8

Scared sick? Effects of sublethal exposure to predators and pesticides on life history traits and disease susceptibility in wood frogs
Maya Groner, Virginia Institute of Marine Science; Julia C. Buck, Oregon State University; Andrew R. Blaustein, Oregon State University; Louise A. Rollins-Smith, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; Laura K. Reinert, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; Rick A. Relyea, University of Pittsburgh

4:20 PM

COS 39-9

Impact of contaminants on the interaction of chytrid fungus and anti-fungal bacteria
Jacob Kerby, University of South Dakota; Felicia Barnes, University of South Dakota; Marie Chase, University of South Dakota

4:40 PM

COS 39-10

Linking field and experimental studies of parasite coinfection and interaction: Individual and combined effects of trematodes on amphibian hosts
Pieter T.J. Johnson, University of Colorado; Kevin B. Lunde, University of California, Berkeley; Ian D. Buller, University of Colorado

COS 39 - Amphibian Decline and Chytridiomycosis