Agricultural Chemicals Linked to Infections in a Declining Amphibian Species
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 18:21
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- 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.