Environmental status of the Lake Michigan region. Volume 16. Amphibians and reptiles of the Lake Michigan drainage basin

Technical Report · Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1976

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7148040· OSTI ID:7148040

Pentecost, E D; Vogt, R C

The focus of this report is on regional distribution of the herpetofauna of the Lake Michigan Drainage Basin. The introduction includes a brief discussion of plant communities and their associated herpetofauna, and the importance of hibernacula and migration routes. Some aspects of the status, distribution, habitat, and life history of the amphibians and reptiles of the Basin are described in an annotated checklist. Special attention is given to uncommon and endangered species. Species range is shown on distribution maps.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., Ill. (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31-109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 7148040
• Report Number(s): ANL/ES-40(Vol.16); TRN: 76-022226
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AMPHIBIANS
GENETIC VARIABILITY
LAKE MICHIGAN
BIOLOGICAL MODELS
REPTILES
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
PLANTS
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
WATER QUALITY
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
BIOLOGICAL VARIABILITY
BIOMASS
ECOSYSTEMS
ENERGY SOURCES
GREAT LAKES
LAKES
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
SURFACE WATERS
VERTEBRATES
520100* - Environment
Aquatic- Basic Studies- (-1989)