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Amphibians and Climate Change Science on a Sphere Workshop April 25 th , 2017 Ruth Marcec, DVM, PhD Director, National Amphibian Conservation Center Detroit Zoological Society

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Page 1: Amphibians and Climate Change - noaa.gov€¦ · Amphibians and Climate Change Science on a Sphere Workshop April 25th, 2017 Ruth Marcec, DVM, PhD Director, National Amphibian Conservation

Amphibians and

Climate Change

Science on a Sphere Workshop

April 25th, 2017

Ruth Marcec, DVM, PhD

Director, National Amphibian Conservation Center

Detroit Zoological Society

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Amphibians in Crisis

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Amphibians in Decline

7660 Species

6,760 Frogs and Toads

695 Salamanders and Newts

205 Caecilians

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Declining: 42%

Increasing: <1%

Threatened by Order:

Frogs/Toads: 32%

Newts/Salamanders: 50%

Caecilians: 6%

65% Data Deficient

Amphibians in Decline

Least Concern30%

Threatened/ Endangered

41%

Extinct1%

Data Deficient28%

STATE OF AMPHIBIANS

Least Concern Threatened/ Endangered Extinct Data Deficient

IUCN 2015

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42%

13%

26%

IUCN estimates as of 2016

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Amphibians in Decline: Why do we care?

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Amphibians in Decline: Why do we care?

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Amphibians in Decline: Why do we care?

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Amphibians in Decline: Why do we care?

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Amphibians in Decline: Why do we care?

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Amphibians in Decline: Why do we care?

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Amphibians in Decline: Why do we care?

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Habitat Fragmentation

Disease

Pollution

Climate Change

Amphibians in Decline: Why is it happening?

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Climate Change and Amphibians

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Late hibernation

Early emergence

Amphibians and Climate Change

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Diseases

Fungus

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans

Saprolegnia spp.

Virus

Ranaviruses

Others

Misc. bacteria

Parasites

Amphibians and Climate Change

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Reproduction

Seasonal breeders

Rainfall dependency

Vernal pools

Amphibians and Climate Change

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Helping the Problem

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Disease

Treatments

Disease resistant animals

Conservation to help

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Disease

Treatments

Disease resistant animals

Conservation to help

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Reproduction

Land management

Assurance colonies

Population monitoring

Conservation to help

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Reproduction

Land management

Assurance colonies

Population monitoring

Conservation to help

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Reproduction

Land management

Assurance colonies

Population monitoring

Conservation to help

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