Representative Publications


DISEASE ECOLOGY


Blaustein,A.R. and A. Dobson. 2006. Extinctions:A message from the frogs. Nature 439:143-144. PDF

Blaustein, A.R., J.M. Romansic, E.A. Scheessele, B.A. Han, A.P. Pessier and J.E. Longcore. 2005. Interspecific Variation in Susceptibility of Frog Tadpoles to the Pathogenic Fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Conservation Biology 19: 1460-1468. PDF

Blaustein, A.R., D.G. Hokit, R.K. O'Hara and R.A. Holt. 1994. Pathogenic fungus contributes to amphibian losses in the Pacific-Northwest. Biological Conservation 67:251-254. 

Blaustein, A.R. and P.T.J. Johnson. 2003. Explaining frog deformities. Scientific American 288:60-65. PDF

Blaustein, A.R. and P.T.J. Johnson. 2003. The complexity of deformed amphibians. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 1:87-94. PDF

Chivers, D.P, B.D. Wisenden, C.J. Hindman, T.A. Michalak, R.C. Kusch, S.G.W Kaminskyj, K.L Jack, M. C. O Ferrari, R.J. Pollock, C.F. Halbgewachs, M.S. Pollock, S. Alemadi, C.T. James, R.K Savaloja, C.P Goater, A. Corwin, R.S Mirza, J.M. Kiesecker, G.E Brown, J.C Adrian Jr., P.H Krone, A.R. Blaustein, and A. Mathis. 2007. Epidermal ‘alarm substance’ cells of fishes maintained by non-alarm functions: possible defence against pathogens, parasites and UVB radiation. Proceeding of the Royal Society B. 1-9. PDF

Fuller, C.A. and A.R. Blaustein. 1996. Effects of parasite Eimeria arizonensis on survival of deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus). Ecology 77:2196-2202. PDF

Garcia, T.S., J.M. Romansic, A.R. Blaustein. 2006. Survival of three species of anuran metamorphs exposed to UV-B radiation and the pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 72: 163–169. PDF

Johnson, P.T.J., K.B. Lunde, E.M. Thurman, E.G. Ritchie, S.N. Wray, D.R. Sutherland, J.M. Kapfer, T.J. Frest, J. Bowerman and A.R. Blaustein. 2002. Parasite (Ribeiroia ondatrae) infection linked to amphibian malformations in the Western United States . Ecological Monographs 72:151-168. PDF

Kiesecker, J.M. and A.R. Blaustein. 1999. Pathogen reverses competition between larval amphibians. Ecology 80:2442-2448.

Kiesecker, J.M., A.R. Blaustein and C.L. Miller. 2001. Transfer of a pathogen from a fish to amphibians. Conservation Biology 15:1064-1070.

Lefcort, H. and A.R. Blaustein. 1991. Parasite load and brightness in lizards - an interspecific test of the Hamilton and Zuk Hypothesis. Journal of Zoology 224:491-499.

Lefcort, H. and A.R. Blaustein. 1995. Disease, predator avoidance, and vulnerability to predation in tadpoles. Oikos 74:469-474.

Romansic, J.M., K.A. Diez, E.M. Higashi, A.R. Blaustein. 2006. Effects of nitrate and the pathogenic water mold Saprolegnia on survival of amphibian larvae. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 68: 235–243. PDF