-- Jay DeLong Olympia, WA, USA "If the biota, in the course of aeons, has built something we like but do not understand, then who but a fool would discard seemingly useless parts? To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering." ~ Aldo Leopold (1953)
-----Original Message----- From: owner-pnw_ans-l_at_lists.pdx.edu On Behalf Of Andy Cohen Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 4:45 PM To: PNW_ANS-L_at_lists.pdx.edu Subject: Re: frog decline linked to hatchery fish?
A similar idea was put forward by Bill Laurance and colleagues in 1996, who argued that the decline of Australian rain forest frogs was probably due to an introduced pathogen. They suggested that a virus was the most likely culprit, and imported aquarium fish the most likely vector.
Laurance, McDonald & Speare. 1996. Epidemic disease and the catastrophic decline of Australian rain forest frogs. Conservation Biology 10(2): 406-413.
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