Table 2:
Mean (±SEM) and range cortisol (pg/ml swab) from amphibian species at various life stages, including adult, metamorphs and larvae, sampled in the field methods via minnow trap
| Adult | Metamorph | Larvae | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | N | Mean ± SEM | Range | N | Mean ± SEM | Range | N | Mean ± SEM | Range |
| American bullfrog | 100 | 600.0 ± 67.4 | 9.3–5590.3 | 5 | 3204.0 ± 2015.9 | 103.7–11 007.6 | |||
| American toad | 28 | 890.2 ± 143.5 | 66.1–2653.1 | 8 | 2373.6 ± 491.45 | 540.0–4605.4 | |||
| Blue-spotted salamander | 34 | 632.2 ± 80.8 | 82.2–1720.1 | 9 | 1538.12 ± 553.1 | 626.4–5910.9 | |||
| Green frog | 66 | 772.9 ± 103.7 | 8.02–4537.3 | 2 | 422.8 ± 190.2 | 232.6–613.1 | 13 | 537.5 ± 105.2 | 9.3–1180.3 |
| Grey treefrog | 2 | 452.4 ± 273.7 | 178.72–726.1 | ||||||
| Northern leopard frog | 55 | 908.3 ± 71.6 | 120.62–2221.3 | 2 | 338.9 ± 308.0 | 31.0–646.9 | 3 | 347.8 ± 51.6 | 249.7–424.9 |
| Red-spotted newt | 10 | 1304.3 ± 349.8 | 505.7–3757.9 | ||||||
| Spotted salamander | 8 | 927.0 ± 319.9 | 96.6–2755.6 | ||||||
| Spring peeper | 18 | 1469.3 ± 271.9 | 115.4–3910.2 | ||||||
| Tiger salamander | 27 | 1047.8 ± 204.0 | 8.9–3934.38 | 8 | 411.8 ± 132.1 | 26.9–1275.2 | |||
| Western chorus frog | 21 | 787.0 ± 104.5 | 283.3–2378.7 | ||||||
| Wood frog | 6 | 562.4 ± 158.4 | 176.2–1153.5 | ||||||