The North American Reporting Center for Amphibian Malformations
Douglas H. Johnson, Suzanne C. Fowle1 and Jeffrey A. Jundt
Abstract: The North American Reporting Center for Amphibian Malformations was established to provide a conduit of information about, and a systematic data base on, malformed amphibians. This article describes the Reporting Center and the variety of features available at its Web site, presents an example of a summary analysis that can be conducted with its data, discusses caveats about the data, and makes recommendations about systematic surveys to better understand patterns and trends in the incidence of malformed amphibians.
Key words: amphibians, data base, deformities, malformations, World-Wide Web.
Johnson, Douglas H., Suzanne C. Fowle, and Jeffrey A. Jundt. 2000. The North American reporting center for amphibian malformations. Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science 107(3):123-127.
This resource should be cited as:Johnson, Douglas H., Suzanne C. Fowle, and Jeffrey A. Jundt. 2000. The North American reporting center for amphibian malformations. Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science 107(3):123-127. Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online. http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/herps/malform/index.htm (Version 26MAR2001).
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- The Reporting Center in Brief
- Geographic Representation
- Descriptive Information
- Illustrations of Typical Malformations
- Species Identification Guide
- Sources of Additional Information
- Technical Information
- Instructions for Submitting Reports
- Acknowledgments Section
- What's New?
- An Example Application
- Discussion
- Acknowledgments
Tables
- Table 1 -- Number of sites included in analysis, and number with types of malformations reported.
- Table 2 -- Numbers of amphibians reported and percentage with malformations by state or province.
- Table 3 -- Species included in North American Reporting Center for Amphibian Malformations files, sites with reports for each.
*All authors: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Jamestown, North Dakota 58401
1Current address: Massachusetts Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program, Westborough, Massachusetts 01581
Downloading Instructions -- Instructions on downloading and extracting files from this site.
Installation: Extract all files and open index.htm in a web browser.malform.zip ( 31K) -- The North American Reporting Center for Amphibian Malformations
