Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)

Semi-volatile Organic Compounds in Pacific Treefrog Tadpoles from Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks

Project ID: J9W88050002

Federal Agency: National Park Service

Partner Institution: Oregon State University

Fiscal Year: 2005

Initial Funding: $41,125

Total Funding: $81,247

Project Type: Research

Project Disciplines: Biological

National Park: Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park

Principal Investigator: Simonich, Staci

Agreement Technical Representative: Werner, Harold

Abstract: Measure the concentrations of contaminants in Pacific treefrogs to test hypotheses regarding concentrations in the water, distance from contaminant sources, and relationships to losses of mountain yellow-legged frogs.