INTRODUCTION 



Amphibians and reptiles are significant and important components of the fauna in 

 many freshwater habitats, often comprising enormous populations and reaching significant 

 biomass levels. For example, as many as 88,000 amphibians were captured in a single 

 year at a 1 ha temporary pond in South Carolina (Savanah River Ecology Laboratory 1980), 

 and freshwater turtles are known to represent the majority of vertebrate biomass in many 

 aquatic habitats (Congdon, et al. 1986; Cogdon and Gibbons 1988). 



Large numbers of amphibians dominate the higher trophic levels in some habitats. 

 Recent studies (e.g., Schabetsberger and Jersabek 1995) suggest that amphibians are 

 often the top predators in some aquatic systems. Amphibian populations also influence 

 primary and secondary productivity, nutrient influx, and competition in these systems 

 (Seale 1980; Osborne and McLachlan 1985). The potential significance of freshwater 

 turtles as vectors of seeds and parasites among temporary aquatic habitats has also 

 recently been suggested (Congdon and Gibbons 1988). 



Because of this importance, one might expect to find a significant number of papers 

 dealing with amphibians and reptiles appearing in freshwater biology and limnology 

 journals. Articles from these journals are often not cited in the herpetologicai literature, and 

 herpetologists sometimes overlook these journals as potential sources of herpetologicai 

 information. I was curious to see how extensive this "untapped" literature is. This 

 bibliography is the result of that curiosity and should aid herpetologists in locating several 

 useful papers. 



The table of contents of each issue of the following journals was scanned for 

 papers dealing with amphibians or reptiles: 



Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research (Vols. 1 -45, 1 950-1 994) 



Freshwater Biology {\/o\s. 1-34, 1971-1995) 



Hydrobiologia (yo\s. 1-310, 1948-1995) 



Hydrobiological Journal (yo\s. 5-31, 1969-1995) 



Journal of Freshwater Ecology (Vols. 1-10, 1 98 1 -1 995) 



New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research (Vols. 1-29, 1967- 



1995) 



In addition, each annual index for the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic 

 Sciences (Vols. 37-52, 1980-1995) was reviewed for the terms Amphibia, amphibian, 

 frog, newt, Reptilia, reptile, salamander, tadpole, toad, turtle, as well as likely generic 

 names such as Ambystoma, Bufo. Chelydra, Chrysemys, Notophthalmus. and Rana. Similar 

 searches were made of the cumulative indices for Hydrobiologia (Vol. 76, covering Vols. 1- 

 75; Vol. 126, covering Vols. 76-125; and Vol. 296, covering Vols. 126-250). 



Only two herpetologicai papers, both dealing with sea turtles, were found in the 

 New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. A single review of a book 

 dealing with diseases of marine animals including reptiles (Lester 1987) was also found in 

 this journal. The Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research contained only two 

 herpetologicai papers, one covering nematode parasites of the sea turtle Caretta caretta 

 and one dealing with sea snakes. Hydrobiological Journal (the English translation of 

 Gidrobiologicheskiy zhurnal and other Soviet journals) contained only one article covering 

 predators of larval Rana arvalis. 



