State Wildlife Research News: Road Salt and Vernal Pools
Photo Credit: National Geographic
There have been plenty of studies on the effects of road salt on wetlands, and particularly on the amphibians that live in those wetlands. (Here's a bibliography with seven pages of peer-reviewed papers on the subject, plus over a page of other information sources.)
But because so much of that work was done by Nancy Karraker when she was at State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, James Petranka of the University of North Carolina - Asheville wanted to know how road salt effected amphibians in the southeastern United States — the site of enormous salamander diversity, says an article in the Charlotte Observer.
But because so much of that work was done by Nancy Karraker when she was at State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, James Petranka of the University of North Carolina - Asheville wanted to know how road salt effected amphibians in the southeastern United States — the site of enormous salamander diversity, says an article in the Charlotte Observer.
Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 11/26/2011 7:00 AM 
Categories: Amphibians
Tags: vernal pools amphibians spotted salamander wetlands road salt salamaders
Categories: Amphibians
Tags: vernal pools amphibians spotted salamander wetlands road salt salamaders
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