A PARTIAL BIBLIOGRAPHY ON WATER QUALITY RELATIVE TO AMPHIBIANS:
Heyer, W.R., M.A. Donnelly, R.W. Mcdiarmid, L.C. Hayek, and M.S. Foster. 1994. Measuring and monitoring biological diversity, standard methods for amphibians. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. 364pp.
Landres, P.B., J. Verner, and J.W. Thomas. 1988. Ecological uses of vertebrate indictor species: a critique. Conservation Biology 2(4):316-328.
MacDonald, L.H., A.W. Smart, and R.C. Wissmar. 1991. Monitoring guidelines to evaluate effects of forestry activities on streams in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. US EPA Region 10, Seattle, Washington. EPA/910/9-91-001. 166pp.
Platts, W. S., W. F. Megahan, and G. W. Minshall. 1983. Methods for evaluating stream, riparian, and biotic conditions. USDA Forest Service GTR INT-138. Intermountain Experiment Station, Ogden, Utah.
Vitt, L.J., J.P. Caldwell, H.M. Wilbur, and D.C. Smith. 1990. Amphibians as harbingers of decay. Bioscience 40(6): 418.
Welsh, H.H., Jr. and L.M. Ollivier. IN PRESS. A habitat-based design for sampling and monitoring stream amphibians with an illustration from Redwood National Park. Northwest Naturalist.
Timber Harvesting Impacts (multiple issues)
Burns, J.W. 1972. Some effects of logging and associated road construction on northern California streams. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 101: 1-17.
Bury, R. B., and P. S. Corn. 1988. Responses of aquatic and streamside amphibians to timber harvest: a review. In K. Raedeke (ed.), Streamside management: riparian wildlife and forestry interactions, pp. 165-181. Institute of Forest Resources, Cont. No. 59. University of Washington, Seattle.
Corn, P.S. and R.B. Bury. 1989. Logging in Western Oregon: Responses of headwater habitats and stream amphibians. Forest Ecol. and Manage. 29(1989): 39-57.
Godron, M., and R.T.T. Forman. 1983. Landscape modification and changing ecological characteristics. Pp. 12-28, in: H.A. Mooney and M. Godron,eds., Disturbance and ecosystems components of response. Springer-Verlag, New York.
Meehan, W.R., ed. 1991. Influences of forest and rangeland management on salmonid fishes and their habitats. Amer. Fish. Soc. Sp. Publ. 19. 751 pp.
Rice, R.M., F.B. Tilley, P.A. Datzman. 1979. A watershed's response to logging and roads: South Fork of Casper Creek, California, 1967-1976. USDA, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Res. Pap. SW-146. Berkeley, California. 12p.
Welsh, H. H., Jr. 1990. Relictual amphibians and old-growth forests. Conservation Biology 4:309-319.
Welsh, H.H., Jr. and A.J. Lind. IN PRESS. Habitat correlates of the southern torrent salamander, Rhyacotriton variegatus (Caudata: Rhyacotritonidae) in northwestern California. Journal of Herpetology.
Beschta, R. L., R. E. Bilby, G. W. Brown, L. B. Holtby, and T. D. Hofstra. 1987. Stream temperature and aquatic habitat: fisheries and forestry interactions. In E. Salo and T. Cundy (eds.), Streamside management: forestry and fishery interactions, pp. 199-232. Proc. Sympos., 12-14 Feb. 1986, Inst. of Forest Resources, Contrib. 57, Univ. Washington, Seattle.
Brattstrom, B. H. 1963. A preliminary review of the thermal requirements of amphibians. Ecology 44:238-255.
Brown, H.A. 1975. Temperature and development of the tailed frog, Ascaphus truei. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 1975(50A): 397-405.
Brown, G. H., and J. T. Krygier. 1970. Effects of clearcutting on stream temperature. Water Resource Bull. 1133-1139.
Chen, J., J. F. Franklin, and T. A. Spies. 1993a. Contrasting microclimates among clearcut, edge, and interior of old-growth Douglas-fir forest. Agric. For. Meteorol. 63:219-237.
Chen, J., J. F. Franklin, and T. A. Spies. 1993b. An empirical model for predicting diurnal air-temperature gradients from edge into old-growth Douglas-fir forest. Ecol. Model. 67:179-198.
Claussen, D.L. 1973. The thermal relations of the tailed frog, Ascaphus truei, and the Pacific treefrog, Hyla regilla. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 1973(44A): 137-171.
deVlaming, V.L., and R.B. Bury. 1970. Thermal selection in tadpoles of the tailed frog, Ascaphus truei. Jour. Herpetology 4(3-4): 179-189.
Ray, C. 1958. Vital limits and rates of desiccation in salamanders. Ecology 39:75-83.
Alabaster, J.S., and R. Lloyd. 1982. Finely divided solids. Pp. 1-20, in: J.S. Alabaster and R. Lloyd, eds. Water quality criteria for freshwater fish, 2nd edition. Butterworth, London.
Anonymous. 1991. Monitoring the impacts and persistence of fine sediment in the Prairie Creek watershed 1989-1990. USDI NPS Redwood National Park Report. March 1991. 123 pp.
Beschta, R.L. 1978. Long-term patterns of sediment production following road construction and logging in the Oregon Coast Range. Water Resouces Research 14: 1011-1016.
Lisle, T., and S. Hilton. 1992. The volume of fine sediment in pools: an index of sediment supply in gravel-bed streams. Water Resour. Bull. 28(2): 371-383.
Murphy, M.L., C.P. Hawkins, and N.H. Anderson. 1981. Effects of canopy modification and accumulated sediment on stream communities. Trans. Amer.Fish. Soc. 110(4):469-478.
Newcombe, C.P., and D.D. MacDonald. 1991. Effects of suspended sediments on aquatic ecosystems. N. Amer. Jour. Fish. Mgmt. 11(1): 72-82.
Parker, M.S.. 1991. Relationship between cover availability and larval pacific giant salamander density. J. Herp. 25(3): 355-357.
Reid, L.M., and T. Dunne. 1984. Sediment production from forest road surfaces. Water Resources Research 20: 1753-1761.
Atlas, M. 1938. The rate of oxygen consumption of frogs during embryonic development and growth. Physiological Zoology 11:278-291.
Bradford, D.F. 1983. Winterkill, oxygen relations, and energy metabolism of a submerged dormant amphibian Rana muscosa. Ecology 64:1171-1183.
Feder, M.E. 1981. Effect of body size, trophic state, time of day, and experimental stress on oxygen consumption of anuran larvae: an experimental assessment and evaluation of the literature. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 70(A):497-508.
Feder, M.E. 1982. Effect of developmental stage and body size on oxygen consumption of anuran larvae: a reappraisal. J. Exp. Zoology 220:33-42.
Wassersug, R.J. and E.A. Seibert. 1975. Behavioral responses of amphibian larvae to variation in dissolved oxygen. Copeia 1975:86-103.
West, N.H. and W.W. Burggren. Gill and lung ventilatory responses to steady-state aquatic hypoxia and hyperoxia in the bullfrog tadpole. Respiration Physiology 47:165-176.
Dunson, W.A. and R.L. Wyman. 1992. A symposium on amphibian declines and habitat acidification. J. Herpetology 26:349-352 (overview paper, see also all papers in the symposium).
Freda, J., W.J. Sadinski, and W.A. Dunson. 1991. Long term monitoring of amphibian populations with respect to the effects of acidic deposition. Water Air Soil Pollut. 55:445-462.
Harte, J. And E. Hoffman. 1989. Possible effects of acidic deposition on a Rocky Mountain population of the tiger salamander. Conservation Biology 3:149-158.
Hagstrom, T. 1977. Grodornas fors vinnande i en forsurad sjo [The extinction of frogs in a lake acidified by atmospheric pollution]. Sverages Natur. 11:367-369.
Bidwell, J. And J. Gorrie. 1995. Acute toxicity of a herbicide to selected frog species. Technical Series no. 79. Western Australia Department of Environmental Protection, Perth.
Cooke, A.S. 1981. Tadpoles as indicators of harmful levels of pollution in the field. Environmental Pollution. Series A 25:123-133.
Glooschenko, V., W.F. Weller, P.G.R. Smith, and J.H.G. Arnold. 1992. Amphibian distribution with respect to pond water chemistry near Sudbury, Ontario. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 49(suppl. 1): 114-121.
Hall, R.J. and P. Henry. 1992. Assessing effects of pesticides on amphibians and reptiles: status and needs. Herpetological Journal 2:65-71.
McComb, W., L. Curtis, K. Bentson, M. Newton, and C. Chambers. 1990. Toxicity analysis of glyphosate herbicide. Final Report USDA NAPIP, Forest Pest Management Division. (Oregon State University, Corvallis).
Power, T. , K.L. Clarke, A. Harfenist, and D.B. Peakall. 1989. A review and evaluation of the amphibian toxicological literature. Technical Report no. 61. Canadian Wildlife Service, headquarters (Ottawa).
[Home][Multimedia Tour][Threats][Status][Techniques][Expert List]
[Educational Materials][Related Sites][Who We Are][Contact Us]