RESEARCHER LINKS AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS TO INFECTIONS IN DECLINING AMPHIBIAN SPECIES
October 29, 2008
October 29, 2008
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The National Science Foundation issued the following press release:
Amphibians around the world are on the decline from disease. In an article in this week's issue of the journal Nature, Jason Rohr of the University of South Florida (USF) and colleagues revealed that chemical pollution can increase often deadly trematode (parasitic flatworm) infections in the northern leopard frog, a declining amphibian species.
"The combination of a . . .
Amphibians around the world are on the decline from disease. In an article in this week's issue of the journal Nature, Jason Rohr of the University of South Florida (USF) and colleagues revealed that chemical pollution can increase often deadly trematode (parasitic flatworm) infections in the northern leopard frog, a declining amphibian species.
"The combination of a . . .