Peril in the Ponds

by Helgen, Judith Cairncross

• ISBN13: 9781558499461
• ISBN10: 1558499466
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-07-31
• Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Pr

Summary

When deformed frogs-many with missing legs or eyes, footless stumps, or misshapen jaws-began to emerge from Minnesota wetlands, alarm bells went off. What caused such deformities? Pollution? Ultraviolet rays? Biological agents? And could the mysterious cause also pose a threat to humans?

Author Biography

Judy Helgen spent many years as a state government research scientist in biological monitoring at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, after earning a PhD in zoology from the University of Minnesota. Since retiring from the MPCA, she has taught at Metropolitan State University and was lead author of the Sierra Club report Restoring Water Quality Certification in Minnesota.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
The Call	p. 7
The Frog Champion	p. 28
Learning Curves	p. 42
Wading in and Listening	p. 68
The Peril Widens	p. 77
Science in the Public Eye	p. 94
Government to the Rescue?	p. 109
The Quest	p. 137
Imperiled Frogs	p. 149
Bureaucratic Strangulation	p. 172
The Wrecking Ball	p. 188
Epilogue: How Are the Frogs? An Update	p. 200
References	p. 225
Index	p. 241
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