Mine Spoil Prairies Expand Critical Habitat for Endangered and Threatened Amphibian and Reptile Species

Lannoo, Michael J.; Kinney, Vanessa C.; Heemeyer, Jennifer L.; Engbrecht, Nathan J.; Gallant, Alisa L.; Klaver, Robert W.

doi:10.3390/d1020118

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“…Eighteen newly-metamorphosed Marbled Salamanders ( Ambystoma opacum ), the most abundant amphibian species at our wetlands in 2009 [98], and two Smallmouth Salamanders ( A. texanum ) were also swabbed.…”

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Seasonal Pattern of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Infection and Mortality in Lithobates areolatus: Affirmation of Vredenburg's “10,000 Zoospore Rule”

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To fully comprehend chytridiomycosis, the amphibian disease caused by the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), it is essential to understand how Bd affects amphibians throughout their remarkable range of life histories. Crawfish Frogs (Lithobates areolatus) are a typical North American pond-breeding species that forms explosive spring breeding aggregations in seasonal and semipermanent wetlands. But unlike most species, when not breeding Crawfish Frogs usually live singly—in nearly total isolation from conspecifics—and obligately in burrows dug by crayfish. Crayfish burrows penetrate the water table, and therefore offer Crawfish Frogs a second, permanent aquatic habitat when not breeding. Over the course of two years we sampled for the presence of Bd in Crawfish Frog adults. Sampling was conducted seasonally, as animals moved from post-winter emergence through breeding migrations, then back into upland burrow habitats. During our study, 53% of Crawfish Frog breeding adults tested positive for Bd in at least one sample; 27% entered breeding wetlands Bd positive; 46% exited wetlands Bd positive. Five emigrating Crawfish Frogs (12%) developed chytridiomycosis and died. In contrast, all 25 adult frogs sampled while occupying upland crayfish burrows during the summer tested Bd negative. One percent of postmetamorphic juveniles sampled were Bd positive. Zoospore equivalents/swab ranged from 0.8 to 24,436; five out of eight frogs with zoospore equivalents near or >10,000 are known to have died. In summary, Bd infection rates in Crawfish Frog populations ratchet up from near zero during the summer to over 25% following overwintering; rates then nearly double again during and just after breeding—when mortality occurs—before the infection wanes during the summer. Bd-negative postmetamorphic juveniles may not be exposed again to this pathogen until they take up residence in crayfish burrows, or until their first breeding, some years later.

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Seasonal Pattern of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Infection and Mortality in Lithobates areolatus: Affirmation of Vredenburg's “10,000 Zoospore Rule”

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“…Because only six quarry sites were examined, suffi cient quantitative data was collected precisely for birds, however the relationships between environmental heterogeneity and species richness found for birds may to a certain extent be true for other taxa, for instance amphibians, the presence of which is correlated with that of birds (Spearman correlation coeffi cient 0.94, p < 0.05). Wetlands associated with quarry sites around which many bird species are centered can support amphibian populations that wouldn't otherwise have been present on the site (Myers, Klimstra 1963;Lannoo et al 2009;Sievers, 2017). Th e same can relate to the European pond turtle (Fritz, Chiari, 2013).…”

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Terrestrial Vertebrates of Post-Quarrying Sites in the Donbas Region of Ukraine

Ulyura¹,

Tytar²

2017

Vestnik Zoologii

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Terrestrial Vertebrates of Post-Quarrying Sites in the Donbas Region of Ukraine. Ulyura, E., Tytar, V.-An inventory of terrestrial vertebrates in six post-quarrying sites in the Donbas Region of Ukraine revealed 104 species (2 amphibian, 6 reptile, 78 bird and 18 mammal species). Th e potential of these sites was confi rmed for sustaining and conservation of numerous species of terrestrial vertebrates; some relationships were considered between environmental heterogeneity and species richness.

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“…HFWA-W was surface mined for coal from 1976-1982, when Crawfish Frogs could not have inhabited this site. The populations represented here were established after the site was re-contoured and seeded to herbaceous vegetation, sometime after 1982 (Lannoo et al, 2009). With no evidence that adults disperse from one upland burrow to a distant upland burrow, it seems more likely that juveniles represent the dispersing stage.…”

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“…From 1976(39.120275uN, 87.222187uW). From -1982, Hillenbrand was surface mined for coal (Lannoo et al, 2009). Afterward, the site was re-contoured and seeded to non-native vegetation.…”

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“…In 1988, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) purchased the land and began converting the vegetation to native herbaceous prairie species using seedings and regular controlled burns. Hillenbrand is composed of two sections; our study site was located on the 729 hectares of Hillenbrand Fish and Wildlife Area-West (HFWA-W)-the only portion of the property that supports Crawfish Frogs (Lannoo et al, 2009).…”

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Breeding Migrations in Crawfish Frogs (Lithobates areolatus): Long-Distance Movements, Burrow Philopatry, and Mortality in a Near-Threatened Species

Heemeyer

Lannoo

2012

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Mine Spoil Prairies Expand Critical Habitat for Endangered and Threatened Amphibian and Reptile Species

Cited by 34 publications

References 25 publications

Seasonal Pattern of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Infection and Mortality in Lithobates areolatus: Affirmation of Vredenburg's “10,000 Zoospore Rule”

Seasonal Pattern of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Infection and Mortality in Lithobates areolatus: Affirmation of Vredenburg's “10,000 Zoospore Rule”

Terrestrial Vertebrates of Post-Quarrying Sites in the Donbas Region of Ukraine

Breeding Migrations in Crawfish Frogs (Lithobates areolatus): Long-Distance Movements, Burrow Philopatry, and Mortality in a Near-Threatened Species

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