Chytrid VOSOT

[ANCHOR]

OVER IN OLD TOWN AN INFAMOUS FUNGUS COULD CAUSE HARM TO AMPHIBIANS INHABITING LOCAL WATER SUPPLYS

[TAKE VO 0:00 – 0:08]
[CG: Stillwater River, Old Town]

ONGOING RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE HAS DISCOVERED A FUNGUS THAT COULD POSSIBLY HURT THE LOCAL AMPHIBIAN POPULATION OF THE NORTHEAST. ASSOCIATE RESEARCH PROFESSOR JOYCE LONGCORE IS NATIONALLY KNOWN FOR BEING ONE OF THE FEW EXPERTS OF THIS CHYTRID FUNGUS.

[TAKE SOT 0:09 – 0:25]

“AS FAR AS IT’S EFFECT… OF THEM IS INFECTED”
[TAKE VO 0:26 – 0:32]

[CG: Local Water Supplys, Old Town]
SO FAR THE CHYTRID FUNGUS HAS NOT YET CAUSED MASSIVE DIE OFFS OF THESE AMPHIBIANS PARTLY DUE TO THE STATE’S COLDER CLIMATE, HOWEVER IF MASSIVE DIE OFFS WERE TO OCCUR IT COULD RADICALLY CHANGE MAINE’S ECOLOGY AND THE FOOD WEB

[TAKE SOT 0:33 – 0:46]

“IT’S GOING TO BE… COMPETE EVERYTHING ELSE”