96th ESA Annual Meeting (August 7 -- 12, 2011)

Wednesday, August 10, 2011: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

18D, Austin Convention Center

8:00 AM

Evaluating the impact of a fungal pathogen on the Cascades frog (Rana cascadae) in the mountains of northern California
Jonah Piovia-Scott, Washington State University; Karen L. Pope, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research station; Sharon P. Lawler, University of California, Davis; Janet E. Foley, University of California, Davis

8:20 AM

Investigation of crayfish (Procambarus), mosquito fish (Gambusia) and frog-biting midges (Corethrella) as potential hosts for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
Taegan A. McMahon, University of Tampa; Jason R. Rohr, University of South Florida; Ximena E. Bernal, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and Texas Tech University

8:40 AM

Effects of a pyrethroid insecticide in an aquatic community
Lindsay M. Biga, Oregon State University; Andrew R. Blaustein, Oregon State University

9:00 AM

High levels of disease prevalence and intensity in Illinois amphibians: Rethinking enzootic infections
Brooke L. Talley, Southern Illinois University; Karen Lips, University of Maryland; Vance T. Vredenburg, San Francisco State University

9:20 AM

The amphibian chytrid fungus: Investigating the mechanisms resulting in frog population persistence versus extinction
Cheryl J. Briggs, University of California, Santa Barbara; Vance T. Vredenburg, San Francisco State University; Roland A. Knapp, Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory, University of California; Mary Toothman, University of California, Santa Barbara; Erica Rosenblum, University of California, Berkeley

9:40 AM

Break

9:50 AM

Interactive effects of temperature, moisture, and thermal acclimation on newt susceptibility to chytrid infection
Thomas R. Raffel, Oakland University; Taegan A. McMahon, University of Tampa; Neal T. Halstead, University of South Florida; Jason R. Rohr, University of South Florida

10:10 AM

Impacts of environmental factors on anuran body temperature and repercussions for disease dynamics
Sarah N. Becker, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Brooke L. Talley, Southern Illinois University; Karen Lips, University of Maryland

10:30 AM

Evidence for a dilution effect in an emerging amphibian pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
Catherine L. Searle, University of Michigan; Lindsay M. Biga, Oregon State University; Andrew R. Blaustein, Oregon State University

10:50 AM

Co-habitating amphibian species harbor unique skin bacterial communities in wild populations
Valerie McKenzie, University of Colorado; Robert Bowers, University of Colorado-Boulder; Rob Knight, University of Colorado; Noah Fierer, University of Colorado

11:10 AM

The landscape ecology of amphibian intersex
David K. Skelly, Yale University; Adrianne Smits, Yale University; Susan R. Bolden, Yale University

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