Wednesday, August 5, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Ruidoso, Albuquerque Convention Center
COS 66 - Amphibian Decline and Chytridiomycosis
1:30 PMCOS 66-1Laboratory studies on the effects of roadway deicing and anti-icing salts to larval anurans
David A. Pillard, AECOM Environment
1:50 PMCOS 66-2Selecting for extinction: Disease causes nonrandom extinction and homogenizes amphibian biotas
Kevin G. Smith, Washington University in St. Louis, Jonathan M. Chase, Washington University, St. Louis, Karen Lips, University of Maryland
2:10 PMCOS 66-3Topological and geometric properties of amphibian distribution for large scale conservation
Xiongwen Chen, Alabama A & M University
2:30 PMCOS 66-4Seasonal and elevational patterns of chytrid infection in pond-breeding frogs in Central America
Sandra P. Galeano, Southern Illinois University, Karen Lips, University of Maryland, Allan P. Pessier, Zoological Society of San Diego
2:50 PMCOS 66-5An examination of amphibian sensitivity to environmental contaminants: Are amphibians poor canaries?
Jacob Kerby, University of South Dakota, Kathryn Richards-Hrdlicka, Yale University, Andrew Storfer, Washington State University, David K. Skelly, Yale University
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 66-6Hanging out with the cool frogs: Operative and body temperature effects on population response to disease
Sarah N. Becker, Southern Illinois University, Karen Lips, University of Maryland, Michael Sears, Southern Illinois University
3:40 PMCOS 66-7Ontogenetic variation in resistance and tolerance of amphibian species to three trematodes
Callyn Hall, University of South Florida, Thomas R. Raffel, University of South Florida, Jason R. Rohr, University of South Florida
4:00 PMCOS 66-8Amphibian longevity predicts susceptibility to habitat alterations: A meta-analysis
Amber A. Burgett, Washington University in St. Louis, Tiffany M. Knight, Washington University in St. Louis, James R. Vonesh, Virginia Commonwealth University, Jonathan M. Chase, Washington University, St. Louis

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