| chytridiomycosis impacts predator-prey interactions in larval amphibian communities. | despite ecologists increasingly recognizing pathogens as playing significant roles in community dynamics, few experimental studies have quantified patterns of disease impacts on natural systems. amphibians are experiencing population declines, and a fungal pathogen ( batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; chytridiomycota) is a suspected causal agent in many declines. we studied the effects of a pathogenic fungus on community interactions between the gray treefrog, hyla chrysoscelis, and eastern newts, ... | 2004 | 15235903 |
| prevalence of infection by batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and ranavirus in eastern hellbenders (cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis) in eastern tennessee. | hellbenders (n=97) were collected from the little and hiwassee rivers in eastern tennessee, usa, during 2009 and 2010. location and morphometrics for each animal were recorded, and nonlethal tissue samples were collected to estimate the prevalence of infection with batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (bd) and ranavirus in each watershed and year. real-time polymerase chain reaction was performed on skin swabs for bd and on tail clips for ranaviruses. overall prevalences of dna of bd, ranavirus, and c ... | 2012 | 22740521 |