COS 39 - Amphibian Decline and Chytridiomycosis

Tuesday, August 3, 2010: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
409, David L Lawrence Convention Center
1:30 PM
 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
 Terrestrial habitat availability alters the effect of aquatic contaminants on amphibian populations
Amber A. Burgett, Wittenberg Unibersity; Jonathan M. Chase, Biodiversity Synthesis Laboratory
2:30 PM
 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
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
 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
 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
 Scared sick? Effects of sublethal exposure to predators and pesticides on life history traits and disease susceptibility in wood frogs
Maya L. 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; Rick A. Relyea, University of Pittsburgh
4:20 PM
 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
 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
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