Snapping Turtles
Embryonic hypoxia programmes postprandial cardiovascular function in adult common snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina)
... common snapping turtles demonstrated that embryonic hypoxia impacts metabolism and heart rate in juvenile animals 3 years after hatching (Wearing et ...juvenile turtles was unaffected by embryonic ...
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Anti-predator defenses of Brown Bullheads ( Ameiurus nebulosus ) and interactions with Snapping Turtles ( Chelydra serpentina )
... of Snapping Turtles based at the Wildlife Research Station (WRS), Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, began in ...telemetry. Turtles are captured from a canoe using a landing net or by hand, or by ...
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Hydric Conditions During Incubation Influence Locomotor Performance of Hatchling Snapping Turtles
... Mean values for data on eggs and hatchlings of snapping turtles incubated on wet and dry substrates at 29°C Water potential Initial egg mass g Egg mass on day 51 g Days to pipping Days t[r] ...
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Temperature dependent sex determination modulates cardiovascular maturation in embryonic snapping turtles Chelydra serpentina
... in snapping turtles after they start feeding (Rhen and Lang, ...in snapping turtle hatchlings, we sought to identify developmental and physiological mechanisms that might explain these ...
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Trumpeter Swan ( Cygnus buccinator ) behaviour, interactions with Snapping Turtles ( Chelydra serpentina ), and their Pleistocene history
... that Snapping Turtles were the primary source of mortality of mute Swan (Cygnus olor) cygnets in rhode ...a Snapping Turtle of Trumpeter Swan cygnets cross-fostered by mute Swan ...surrounding ...
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Embryonic common snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina) preferentially regulate intracellular tissue pH during acid–base challenges
... snapping turtles and other amniotes, such as American alligators (R.B.S., D.A.C., Z.F.K., R. M. Elsey and C.J.B., unpublished), probably plays an important role in allowing embryos to successfully develop ...
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Embryonic temperature influences juvenile temperature choice and growth rate in snapping turtles Chelydra serpentina
... Growth rate and choice of environmental temperature can profoundly influence the ecology and fitness of organisms. In reptiles, temperature choice can affect energy requirements, habitat partitioning, locomotor ...
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Influence of Hydration of the Environment on the Pattern of Nitrogen Excretion by Embryonic Snapping Turtles (Chelydra Serpentina)
... The size mass of eggs at the outset of study had a significant effect on amounts of ammonia and urea present at different stages in development Table 2, with large eggs containing more o[r] ...
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Diet and feeding behaviour of Snapping Turtles ( Chelydra serpentina ) and Midland Painted Turtles ( Chrysemys picta marginata ) in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario
... We have observed consumption of flowers and seed- pods of Variegated Pond-lily (Nuphar variegata Engel- mann ex Durand) by Chelydra directly, and indirectly in feces. The seeds of this plant are also abundant in feces of ...
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Survival and Spatial Ecology of the Snapping Turtle, Chelydra serpentina , on the Upper Mississippi River
... Some turtles were also captured by hand to recover and replace radios that were expected to ...tured Snapping Turtles and sex was determined using the ratio of the pre-cloacal distance to the ...
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Revisiting the hypothesis of sex-biased turtle road mortality
... Quebec. Turtles are brought to the OTCC by members of the public and field biologists or trans- ferred from other wildlife rehabilitation centres when complex veterinary care is ...of turtles native to ...
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Over-wintering Characteristics of West-Central Wisconsin Blanding's Turtles, Emydoidea blandingii
... Blanding’s Turtles ( Emydoidea blandingii ) are a northern temperate-distributed freshwater turtle species presently experiencing anthropogenic-caused, range- wide population declines (Schuler and Thiel 2008, ...
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Clinical outcomes of arthroscopic surgery for external snapping hip
... of snapping hip that affects structures including the proximal ham- string tendon, the iliotibial band (ITB), the fascia lata, or the gluteus maximus ...nal snapping hip ...
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Secure-Turtles: Building a Secure Execution Environment for Guest VMs on Turtles System
... We proposed Secure-Turtles, a secure nested virtual system based on Turtles system, which can run L2 guest VMs securely. In this system, we build a trust chain from the L0 host hypervisor, the L1 guest ...
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Navigation and seasonal migratory orientation in juvenile sea turtles
... that turtles used to assess their position relative to the capture site cannot be determined from these initial ...the turtles were tested, and information from the Earth’s magnetic field (Lohmann and ...
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European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis persica) as a biomarker of environmental pollution in Golestan and Mazandaran provinces, Iran
... as turtles, would be very useful for biomonitoring of environmental ...pond turtles and their ecosystem in Golestan and Mazandaran ...pond turtles were analyzed by atomic absorption spectrophotometer ...
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The role of turtles as coral reef macroherbivores
... hawksbill turtles have circumtropical distribu- tions and occupy a range of habitats, including seagrass beds, coral and rocky reefs, and oceanic ...Green turtles, while often considered to be consumers of ...
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Brothers_unc_0153D_17879.pdf
... sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) participate in mass nesting events, during which hundreds of thousands of turtles nest in synchrony on remarkably small lengths of coastline ...that turtles ...
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Global research priorities for sea turtles: informing management and conservation in the 21st century
... turtles [IAC]) that mandate reduction of turtle take or es- tablish the legal framework to minimise the international trade of sea turtle products (Frazier 2002, Bache 2005). In some cases, these instruments have ...
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Let sleeping turtles lie
... Table of Let Sleeping Turtles Lie Developing the Story Developing the Aesthetic The Production Process Character Development Paper Construction Scenery Design Voice Recording Character A[r] ...
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