doi:10.5402/2012/309853 Research Article Assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon

Copyright © 2012 Jenessa Gjeltema et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Habitat preservation andmanagementmay play an important role in the conservation of the Puerto Rican crested toad, Peltophryne lemur, due to this species ’ small geographic range and declining native wild population. Bioavailable water concentrations of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) contaminants within breeding pools at 3 sites were established using Passive Sampling Devices (PSDs) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS). A more diverse population of PAH analytes were found in higher concentrations at the breeding site that allowed direct vehicular access, but calculated risk quotients indicated low risk to toad reproduction associated with the current PAH analyte levels. 1