Speaker: Dr Matt West (University of Melbourne Biosciences) “Protecting frogs from Chytrid fungus”.
Matt will talk about his research studies into the Chytrid fungus that is causing a serious decline in our frog populations. Matt is identifying factors that influence frog disease susceptibility and strategies for protecting frogs from this fungus. He will also describe projects to translocate healthy populations of frogs, including the Growling Grass Frog, to boost populations at other sites where they were once more common.
The meeting will be held by Zoom. If you registered for the June Zoom meeting, you will be sent the link for registering for the July meeting. Otherwise, please email Peter Turner at munrodsl@iinet.net.au to register and then receive the link for joining the Zoom meeting.
Members and visitors are invited to share their interesting observations at the meeting. Please email any photos to illustrate your report as JPEG file(s) to Euan Moore (calamanthus5@bigpond.com) by noon on the day of the meeting.
All welcome.