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The basis for my research on amphibians, specifically frogs and toads (anurans) on Prince Edward Island, is that our landscape is predominantly farming, with the majority of that farming being potato farming. My research has been to study the abundance of four species of frogs and one species of toad. These anurans only call during mating season, and are most active after sunset, so I went out to ten locations during their mating season to assess abundance. I chose 10 sites at random, however, I did have to choose the sites based on their ability to host frogs and toads-freshwater, riparian zones. I was curious to see if there was a relationship to active farming sites and species abundance. I am pretty sure that my research will show no correlation-of which I am pretty upset about, as I based my whole summer on this. I will endeavor to show that BMP (best management practices) may have something to do with this, as we had our mandatory buffer zone increased to 15 meters in 2005. My research keywords would be
Anuran, farming, buffer zone
