Exposure to a fungal pathogen increases the critical thermal minimum of two frog species Datasets

This dataset contains data from a laboratory experiment described in the paper: Siddons, S. R., and Searle, C. L. (Accepted). Exposure to a fungal pathogen increases the critical thermal minimum of two frog species. Ecology and Evolution.

The experiment examined how exposure to a virulent fungal pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), affected the critical thermal minimum (CTmin) of two frog species, Hyla versicolor (gray treefrog) and Lithobates palustris (pickerel frog). The CTmin is the minimum thermal performance point of an organism, which we estimated via righting response trials.

For both frog species, the frogs were held in a beaker partially submerged in a circulating water at 15°C. At each 1-degree temperature decrease every 2.5 minutes, the frog was gently flipped onto their back and observed   for how quickly they were able to right themselves (\"Decreasing\" trial). Frogs were considered unable to right themselves when they did not do so within 10 seconds. Anothe...