Undergraduate Sydney Horan publishes first-authored study

Notophthalmus viridescens, the Eastern Newt.

Herpetological Review publishes “Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is Widespread and Associated with Water Temperature in the Eastern United States”, with Woodhams Lab undergraduate Sydney Horan and postdoc Molly Bletz. The study found that in a survey of Eastern Newts down the east coast of the United States, Bd was highly prevalent and correlated with water temperature. Bsal was also found to be absent in the survey.

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Horan, S., McDonald, C., Bletz, M. C. 2020. Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is Widespread and Associated with Water Temperature in the Eastern United States. Herpetological Review 51(3), p. 484-488.

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