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UPDATE ON COORDINATED STUDIES OF AMPHIBIAN DISTRIBUTIONS AND UV RADIATION
Citation:
Detenbeck, N E., S A. Diamond, AND P. C. Trenham. UPDATE ON COORDINATED STUDIES OF AMPHIBIAN DISTRIBUTIONS AND UV RADIATION. Presented at PRIMENet Program Annual Meeting, Shenandoah National Park, VA, 11/09/2000.
Description:
In February of 2000 researchers from the EPA, the National Park Service, other governmental agencies, and academia formulated a plan for coordinated studies of amphibian distributions and aquatic ultraviolet radiation exposure risks in several national parks. At this point we have collected and compiled two field seasons worth of data and are embarking on the final analyses of these data. EPA's contribution to this effort has been in research planning, field crew training, and database development to ensure data consistency among parks. We are also responsible for UV scans of water samples, and using these data and a variety of other methods to estimate the risk of UV exposure in these wetlands. At this meeting we will summarize progress made to date on these tasks and the timeline for the ultimate completion of the project's main goals: 1) a regional assessment of the risk of deleterious UV exposure in aquatic habitats; and 2) an evaluation of the relative contributions of local and landscape habitat variables, including UV, in determining amphibian distributions.