Amphibian Disease Risk in the National Capital Area
Campbell Grant E and Nortrup M. 2020. Amphibian Disease Risk in the National Capital Area. National Capital Region Network, Inventory & Monitoring
Looking for disease, including ranaviruses and chytrid fungi, is an important part of amphibian monitoring done by the National Capital Region Inventory & Monitoring Network. Learn more about the risks posed by these diseases and the biosecurity protocols field crews use to reduce the risk of accidental spread.
- Type
- Resource Brief
- Authors
- Campbell Grant, Evan; Nortrup, Megan
- Date of Issue
- 2020
- Publisher
- National Capital Region Network, Inventory & Monitoring
- Units
- ANTI , CATO , CHOH , GWMP , HAFE , MANA , MONO , NACE , NCR , NCRN , PISC , PRWI , ROCR , WOTR
- Keywords
- Amphibian Brief, Amphibians, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, Batrachochytrium salamandrvorans, Bd, Bsal, Chytrid, chytridiomycosis, disease, Frogs, National Capital Region, National Capital Region Network, NCR, NCRN, NEARMI, newts, Northeast Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative, pathogen, Salamanders, Stream, Toads, vernal pool, Wetland, wildlife