An aquatic disease on a terrestrial salamander: Individual and population level effects of the amphibian chytrid fungus, batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, on batrachoseps attenuatus (plethodontidae)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 2009, Pages 653-660

  Weinstein, Sara B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTIVATION; FUNGAL DISEASE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROHABITAT; MORTALITY; PATHOGEN; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DECLINE; WILD POPULATION;

UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BATRACHOSEPS; BATRACHOSEPS ATTENUATUS; FUNGI; PLETHODONTIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 73449115366     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CH-08-180     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Berger, L., A. D. Hyatt, R. Speare, and J. E. Longcore. 2005. Life cycle stages of the amphibian chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 68: 51-63. Berger, L., R. Speare, P. Daszak, D. E. Green, A. A. Cunningham, C. L. Goggin, R. Slocombe, M. A. Ragan, A. D. Hyatt, K. R. McDonald, H. B. Hines, K. R. Lips, G.
2. Berger, L., R. Speare, P. Daszak, D. E. Green, A. A. Cunningham, C. L. Goggin, R. Slocombe, M. A. Ragan, A. D. Hyatt, K. R. McDonald, H. B. Hines, K. R. Lips, G. Marantelli, and H. Parkes. 1998. Chytridiomycosis causes amphibian mortality associated with population declines in the rain forests of Australia and Central America. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 95:9031-9036.
3. Berger, L., R. Speare, H. B. Hines, G. Marantelli, A. D. Hyatt, V. Olsen, K. R. McDonald, J. Clarke, G. Gillespie, M. Mahony, N. Sheppard, C. Williams, and M. Tyler. 2004. Mortality in amphibians due to chytridiomycosis increases in winter and with lower experimental temperatures. Australian Veterinary Journal 82:434-439.
4. Bosch, J., and I. Martinez-Solano. 2006. Chytrid fungus infection related to unusual mortalities of Salamandra salamandra and Bufo bufo in the Penalara Natural Park, Spain. Oryx 40:84-89.
5. Bovero, S., G. Sotgiu, C. Angelini, S. Doglio, E. Gazzaniga, and A. A. Cunningham. 2008. Detection of chytridiomycosis caused by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the endangered Sardinian newt (Euproctus platycephalus) in southern Sardinia, Italy. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 44:712-715.
6. Boyle, D. G., D. B. Boyle, V. Olsen, J. A. T. Morgan, and A. D. Hyatt. 2004. Rapid quantitative detection of chytridiomycosis (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in amphibian samples using real-time Taqman PCR assay. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 60:141-148.
7. Bradley, G. A., P. C. Rosen, M. J. Sredl, T. R. Jones, and J. E. Longcore. 2002. Chytridiomycosis in native Arizona frogs. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 38:206-212.
8. Briggler, J. T., K. Larson, A. Irwin, and K. J. Irwin. 2008. Presence of the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on Hellbenders Cryptobranchus alleganiensis in the Ozark Highlands. Herpetological Review 39:443-444.
9. Cummer, M. R., D. E. Green, and E. M. O'Neill. 2005. Aquatic chytrid pathogen detected in terrestrial plethodontid salamander. Herpetological Review 36:248-249.
10. Daszak, P., A. Strieby, A. A. Cunningham, J. E. Longcore, C. C. Brown, and D. Porter. 2004. Experimental evidence that the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) is a potential carrier of chytridiomycosis, an emerging fungal disease of amphibians. Herpetological Journal 14:201-207.
11. Davidson, E. W., M. Parris, J. P. Collins, J. E. Longcore, A. P. Pessier, and J. Brunner. 2003. Pathogenicity and transmission of chytridiomycosis in tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum). Copeia 2003:601-607.
12. Hansen, R. W., and D. B. Wake. 2005. Batrachoseps relictus Brame and Murray, 1968, p. 688-690. In: Amphibian Declines: The Status of United States Species. M. J. Lannoo (ed.). University of California Press, Berkeley.
13. Hendrickson, J. R. 1952. Studies on the salamander genus Batrachoseps. Unpubl. Ph.D. thesis. University of California, Berkeley.
14. Humason, G. L. 1970. Animal Tissue Techniques. W. H. Freeman and Company, San Francisco and London.
15. Jockusch, E. L., K. P. Yanev, and D. B. Wake. 2001. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of slender salamanders, genus Batrachoseps (Amphibia: Plethodontidae), from central coastal California with descriptions of four new species. Herpetological Monographs 15:54-99.
16. Jockusch, E. L., K. P. Yanev, and D. B. Wake. 2002. Molecular phylogenetics and speciation in a complex of cryptic salamander species (Plethodontidae: Batrachoseps). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 76:361-391.
17. Johnson, M. L., L. Berger, L. Philips, and R. Speare. 2003. Fungicidal effects of chemical disinfectants, UV light, desiccation and heat on the amphibian chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 57:255-260.
18. Johnson, M. L., and R. Speare. 2003. Survival of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in water: quarantine and disease control implications. Emerging Infectious Diseases 9:922-925.
19. Johnson, M. L., and R. Speare. 2005. Possible modes of dissemination of the amphibian chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the environment. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 65:181-186. (Pubitemid 41138652)
20. Kriger, K. M., and J. M. Hero. 2007a. Large-scale seasonal variation in the prevalence and severity of chytridiomycosis. Journal of Zoology (London) 271:352-359.
21. Kriger, K. M., and J. M. Hero. 2007b. The chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is non-randomly distributed across amphibian breeding habitats. Diversity and Distributions 13:781-788.
22. La Marca, E., K. R. Lips, S. Lötters, R. Puschendorf, R. Ibánez, J. V. Rueda-Almonacid, R. Schulte, C. Marty, F. Castro, J. Manzanilla-Puppo, J. E. García-Pérez, F. Bolanos, G. Chaves, J. A. Pounds, E. Toral, and B. E. Young. 2005. Catastrophic population declines and extinctions in Neotropical Harlequin frogs (Bufonidae: Atelopus). Biotropica 37:190-201.
23. Lips, K. R., F. Brem, R. Brenes, J. D. Reeve, R. A. Alford, J.Voyles, C. Carey, L. Livo, A. P. Pessier, and J. P. Collins. 2006. Emerging infectious disease and the loss of biodiversity in a Neotropical amphibian community. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 103:3165-3170.
24. Longcore, J. E., A. P. Pessier, and D. K. Nichols. 1999. Batrachocytrium dendrobatidis gen. et sp. nov., a chytrid pathogenic to amphibians. Mycologia 91:219-227.
25. Maiorana, V. C. 1974. Studies in the behavioral ecology of the plethodontid salamander Batrachoseps. Unpubl. Ph.D. thesis, University of California, Berkeley.
26. Maiorana, V. C. 1976. Size and environmental predictability for salamanders. Evolution 30:599-613.
27. Maiorana, V. C. 1977. Observations of salamanders (Amphibia, Urodela, Plethodontidae) dying in the field. Journal of Herpetology 11:1-5.
28. Maiorana, V. C. 1978. Difference in diet as an epiphenomenon: space regulates salamanders. Canadian Journal of Zoology 56:1017-1025.
29. Ouellet, M., I. Mikaelian, B. D. Pauli, J. Rodrigue, and D. M. Green. 2005. Historical evidence of widespread chytrid infection in North American amphibian populations. Conservation Biology 19:1431-1440.
30. Padgett-Flohr, G. E. 2008. Pathogenicity of Batachochytrium dendrobatidis in two threatened California amphibians: Rana draytonii and Ambystoma californiense. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 3:182-191.
31. Pessier, A. P., D. K. Nichols, J. E. Longcore, and M. S. Fuller. 1999. Cutaneous chytridiomycosis in poison dart frogs (Dendrobates spp.) and White's tree frog (Litoria caerulea). Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 11:194-199.
32. Rachowicz, L. J., and C. J. Briggs. 2007. Quantifying the disease transmission function: effects of density on Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis transmission in the yellow-legged frog Rana muscosa. Journal of Animal Ecology 76:711-721.
33. Rachowicz, L. J., R. A. Knapp, J. A. T. Morgan, M. J. Stice, V. T. Vredenburg, and J. M. Parker. 2006. Emerging infectious disease as a proximate cause of amphibian mass mortality. Ecology 87:1671-1683.
34. Rovito, S. M., G. Parra-Olea, C. R. Vásquez-Almazán, T. J.Papenfuss, and D. B. Wake. 2009. Dramatic declines in neotropical salamander populations are an important part of the global amphibian crisis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 106:3231-3236.
35. Rowley, J. J. L., and R. A. Alford. 2007. Behavior of Australian rainforest stream frogs may affect the transmission of chytridiomycosis. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 77:1-9.
36. Speare, R., and L. Berger. 2000. Global distribution of chytridiomycosis in amphibians. http://www.jcu.edu.au/ school/phtm/PHTM/frogs/chyglob.htm
37. Stebbins, R. C. 2003. A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston.
38. Stuart, S., J. S. Chanson, N. A. Cox, B. E. Young, A. S. L. Rodrigues, D. L. Fishman, and R. W. Waller. 2004. Status and trends of amphibian declines and extinctions worldwide. Science 306:1783-1786.
39. USGS National Wildlife Health Center Quarterly Mortality Report. 2001, http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/publications/ quarterly-reports/2001-qtr-4.jsp
40. Voyles, J., L. Berger, S. Young, R. Speare, R. Webb, and J. Warner. 2007. Electrolyte depletion and osmotic imbalance in amphibians with chytridiomycosis. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 77:113-118.
41. Wake, D. B., and I. G. Dresner. 1967. Functional morphology and evolution of tail autotomy in salamanders. Journal of Morphology 122:265-306.
42. Weldon. C., L. H. du Preez, R. Muller, A. D. Hyatt, and R.Speare. 2004. Origin of the amphibian chytrid fungus. Emerging Infectious Diseases 10:2100-2105.
43. Woodhams, D. C., and R. A. Alford. 2005. Ecology of chytridiomycosis in rainforest stream frog assemblages of tropical Queensland. Conservation Biology 19:1449-1459.
44. Woodhams, D. C., R. A. Alford, and G. Marantelli. 2003. Emerging disease of amphibians cured by elevated body temperature. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 55:65-67.