Publications

PUBLISHED:

  1. Olson D.H., Gray, M.J., Pasmans, F., Grayfer, L., Wilber M.Q., Carter, E.D., Cunningham A.A., (2022) The Rising Tide of Herpetological Disease Science and Management. Herpetological Review. In Press
  2. Towe, A. E., Gray, M. J., Carter, E. D., Wilber, M. Q., Ossiboff, R. J., Ash, K., Bohanon, M., Bajo, B. A., & Miller, D. L. (2021). Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans Can Devour More than Salamanders. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. DOI: 10.7589/JWD-D-20-00214.
  3. Goodman, R. M., Carter, E. D., & Miller, D. L. (2021). Influence of Herbicide Exposure and Ranavirus Infection on Growth and Survival of Juvenile Red-Eared Slider Turtles (Trachemys scripta elegans). Viruses. DOI: 10.3390/v13081440.
  4. Wilber, M. Q., Carter, E. D., Gray, M. J., & Briggs, C. J. (2021). Putative resistance and tolerance mechanisms have little impact on disease progression for an emerging salamander pathogen. Functional Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13754.
  5. Cusaac, J. P. W., Carter, E. D., Woodhams, D. C., Robert, J., Spatz, J. A., Howard, J. L., Lillard, C., Graham, A. W., Hill, R. D., Reinsch, S., McGinnity, D., Reeves, B., Bemis, D., Wilkes, R. P., Sutton, W. B., Waltzek, T. B., Hardman, R. H., Miller, D. L., & Gray, M. J. (2021). Emerging Pathogens and a Current-Use Pesticide: Potential Impacts on Eastern Hellbenders. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health. DOI: 10.1002/aah.10117
  6. Carter, E. D., Bletz, M. C., Le Sage, M., LaBumbard, B., Rollins-Smith, L. A., Woodhams, D. C., Miller, D. L., & Gray, M. J. (2021). Winter is coming–Temperature affects immune defenses and susceptibility to Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans. Plos Pathogens. DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009234.
  7. Tompros, A., Dean, A. D., Fenton, A., Wilber, M. Q., Carter, E. D., & Gray, M. J. (2021). Frequency-dependent transmission of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in eastern newts. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. DOI: 10.1111/tbed.14043.
  8. Robinson, K. A., Pereira, K. E., Bletz, M. C., Carter, E. D., Gray, M. J., Piovia-Scott, J., Romansic, J. M., Woodhams, D. C., & Fritz-Laylin, L. (2020). Isolation and maintenance of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans cultures. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. DOI: 10.3354/dao03488.
  9. Malagon, D. A., Melara, L. A., Prosper, O. F., Lenhart, S., Carter, E. D., Fordyce, J. A., Peterson, A. C., Miller, D. L., & Gray, M. J. (2020). Host density and habitat structure influence host contact rates and Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans transmission. Scientific Reports. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-62351-x.
  10. Kumar, R., Malagon, D. A., Carter, E. D., Miller, D. L., Bohanon, M. L., Cusaac, J. P. W., Peterson, A. C., & Gray, M. J. (2020). Experimental methodologies can affect pathogenicity of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans infections. Plos One. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0235370
  11. Carter, E. D., Miller, D. L., Peterson, A. C., Sutton, W. B., Cusaac, J. P. W., Spatz, J. A., Rollins-Smith, L., Reinert, L., Bohanon, M., Williams, L. A., Upchurch, A., & Gray, M. J. (2019). Conservation risk of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans to endemic lungless salamanders. Conservation Letters. DOI: 10.1111/conl.12675.
  12. Ossiboff, R. J., Towe, A. E., Brown, M. A., Longo, A. V., Lips, K. R., Miller, D. L., Carter, E. D., Gray, M. J., & Frasca, S. (2019). Differentiating Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and B. salamandrivorans in Amphibian Chytridiomycosis Using RNAScope®in situ Hybridization. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2019.00304.
  13. Peace, A., O’Regan, S. M., Spatz, J. A., Reilly, P. N., Hill, R. D., Carter, E. D., Wilkes, R. P., Waltzek, T. B., Miller, D. L., & Gray, M. J. (2019). A highly invasive chimeric ranavirus can decimate tadpole populations rapidly through multiple transmission pathways. Ecological Modelling. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2019.108777Get.
  14. Casais, R., Larrinaga, A. R., Dalton, K. P., Domínguez Lapido, P., Márquez, I., Bécares, E., Carter, E. D., Gray, M. J., Miller, D. L., & Balseiro, A. (2019). Water sports could contribute to the translocation of ranaviruses. Scientific Reports. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-39674-5.
  15. Goodman, R. M., Hargadon, K. M., & Carter, E.D. (2018). Detection of Ranavirus in Eastern Fence Lizards and Eastern Box Turtles in Central Virginia. Northeastern Naturalist, 25, 391 - 398. DOI: 10.1656/045.025.0306.
  16. Gray, M. J., Spatz, J. A., Carter, E. D., Yarber, C. M., Wilkes, R. P., & Miller, D. L. (2018). Poor biosecurity could lead to disease outbreaks in animal populations. Plos One. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193243.
  17. Goodman, R. M., & Carter, E. D. (2017). Survey of Herpetofauna on the Campus of Hampden-Sydney College in Prince Edward County, Virginia. Journal of the Virginia Herpetological Society.
  18. Carter, E. D., & Goodman, R. M. (2013). County Record: Storeria dekayi (Northern Brown Snake) Prince Edward County Va [County Record]. Catesbeiana.

IN REVIEW:

  1. Cusaac JPW, Carter ED, Woodhams DC, Robert J, Spatz JA, Howard JL, Lillard C, Graham AW, Hill RD, Reinsch S, McGinnity D, Reeves B, Bemis D, Wilkes RP, Hopkins WB, Waltzek TB, Miller DL, Gray MJ. Interactive Effects of Herbicide and Emerging Amphibian Pathogens in Eastern Hellbender. EcoHealth.

IN PREPARATION: 1. Drought and ranavirus interact to negatively impact wood frogs in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Target Journal = Copeia.

  1. Tolerance of North American Amphibian Species to Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans infections. Target journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA).

  2. Estimating Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans zoospore viability using flow cytometry. Target Journal = Diseases of Aquatic Organisms.

##Presentations

Lead Presenter:

  1. Carter ED, Gray MJ, Spatz JA, Miller DL. 2018. Interaction of hydroperiod and ranavirus leading to possible amphibian population declines in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Southeast Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Helen, GA. (Oral Presentation).
  2. Carter ED, Gray MJ, Spatz JA, Miller DL. 2017. Interaction of hydroperiod and ranavirus leading to possible amphibian population declines in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Louisville, KY (Oral Presentation).
  3. Carter ED. 2017. Conservation risk of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans to endemic brook salamanders. Northeast Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, Pembroke, VA (Poster).
  4. Carter ED. 2017. Gray MJ, Spatz JA, Miller DL, Interaction of hydroperiod and ranavirus leading to possible amphibian population declines in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Northeast Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, Pembroke, VA (Poster).
  5. Carter ED. 2017. Gray MJ, Spatz JA, Miller DL, Interaction of hydroperiod and ranavirus leading to possible amphibian population declines in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. International Ranavirus Symposium, Budapest, Hungary (Oral Presentation).
  6. Carter ED. 2017. Gray MJ, Spatz JA, Miller DL, Population Dynamics and Pathogen Prevalence in an Amphibian Breeding Pond in Cades Cove. Great Smoky Mountains National Park Research Colloquium, Gatlinburg, TN (Oral Presentation).
  7. Carter ED. 2017. Gray MJ, Spatz JA, Miller DL, Poor biosecurity could lead to disease outbreaks in amphibian populations. Southeast Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, Little Rock, Arkansas (Poster).
  8. Carter ED. 2017, Amphibian Disease Overview. University of Tennessee-Knoxville Student Chapter of the WDA, Knoxville, Tennessee (Oral Presentation)
  9. Carter ED, Gray MJ, Miller DL. 2016. Identifying factors responsible for ranaviral disease outbreaks in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. FWF Graduate Seminar University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (Oral Presentation).
  10. Carter ED, Gray MJ, Miller DL, Spatz JA, Howard J. 2016. Pathogens vs. pesticides: The threat to eastern hellbenders. Tennessee Wildlife Society, Burns, TN (Oral Presentation).
  11. Carter ED, Gray MJ, Miller DL, Spatz JA. 2015. Rapid Transmission of Ranavirus: Role of Direct Contact. Tennessee Herpetology Society, Savannah, TN (Oral Presentation).
  12. Carter ED, Goodman RM. 2014. Survey of ranavirus in central Virginia reptiles. Association of Southeastern Biologists, Chattanooga, TN (Poster).
  13. Carter ED, Goodman RM. 2014. Survey of ranavirus in central Virginia reptiles. Sigma Xi Research Symposium, Longwood University, VA (Poster).
  14. Carter ED, Goodman RM, Hargadon KM. 2014. Survey of ranavirus in central Virginia reptiles. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Sacramento, CA (Poster).
  15. Carter ED, Goodman RM. 2013. Survey of Herpetofauna and Ranavirus on Hampden-Sydney College campus. Sigma Xi Research Symposium, Hampden-Sydney College, VA (Poster).
  16. Carter ED, Goodman RM. 2013. Survey of Herpetofauna and Ranavirus on Hampden-Sydney College campus. Sigma Xi Student Research Conference, Research Triangle, NC (Poster).
  17. Carter ED, Goodman RM. 2013. Survey of Herpetofauna and Ranavirus on Hampden-Sydney College campus. Virginia Herpetological Society annual meeting, Richmond, VA (Poster).