Vernal Pools: Natural History and Conservation

By C. Anderson. 2006

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Assessing threats to pool-breeding amphibian habitat in an urbanizing landscape (2009, background): “Vernal pool ecosystems of northeastern North America provide breeding habitat for a wide diversity of amphibian species ( 27 spp.; Colburn, 2004; Semlitsch and Skelly, 2008) and are under threat from expanding exurban development (Homan et al.”
Global diversity of large branchiopods (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) in freshwater (2007, background): “Large branchiopod crustaceans are arguably the least known of all macroscopic invertebrates in temporary inland waters even though they are the flagship group for these ecosystems and for temporary pool invertebrates in general (Colburn, 2004).”
The significance of hydroperiod and stand maturity for pool-breeding amphibians in forested landscapes (2006, background): “The significant hydroperiod influence that we observed is independent of the effects of elevated populations of predatory fish and invertebrates associated with permanent ponds (Wellborn et al. 1996; Colburn 2004).”