the effect of chytrid fungus on midwife toads
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- 3 - CONTENTS: 1.0 1.0 Introduction Page 4 1.1 Ethical Considerations Page 4 1.2 Economic Considerations Page 4-5 1.3 Environmental Considerations Page 6 2.0 Major Topic-About Chytrid Fungus Page 7-8 2.1 Minor Topic-The effect Chytrid Fungus has on Midwife Toads Page 8 3.0 Future Implications for Major and Minor Topics Page 8-9 4.0 Bibliography Page 9 4.1 Reliability of Sources Page 9-10 Source: http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/917/30005693.JPG - 4 - Visit Report: London Zoo 1.0 Introduction: During the summers of 1997, 1998 and 1999, episodes of mass mortality within the common Midwife Toads occurred in a protected area in central Spain. The population encountered a dramatic decrease, disappearing from 86% of the ponds where they were known to reproduce some years prior. Methods such as scanning electron microscopy and histological techniques revealed the presence of chytridiomycosis (Chytrid fungus) on the skin of the toads. This was the first report of an obvious amphibian decline in Europe caused by the Chytrid Fungus. ¹ My intention...

