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The Effect of Trematode Infection on Amphibian Limb Development and Survivorship

Published:1999-04-30 Issue:5415 Volume:284 Page:802-804
ISSN:0036-8075
Container-title:Science
language:en
Short-container-title:Science

Author:

Johnson Pieter T. J.¹,Lunde Kevin B.¹,Ritchie Euan G.²,Launer Alan E.¹

Affiliation:

1. Center for Conservation Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305–5020, USA.

2. Department of Zoology and Tropical Ecology, James Cook University of North Queensland, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia.

Abstract

The causes of amphibian deformities and their role in widespread amphibian declines remain conjectural. Severe limb abnormalities were induced at high frequencies in Pacific treefrogs ( Hyla regilla ) exposed to cercariae of a trematode parasite ( Ribeiroia sp.). The abnormalities closely matched those observed at field sites, and an increase in parasite density caused an increase in abnormality frequency and a decline in tadpole survivorship. These findings call for further investigation of parasite infection as a cause of amphibian deformities in other sites and species.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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