Conservation genetics of the snapping turtle (Elseya sp.)
Author | : Sharon Maree Farley |
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Release | : 2004 |
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Author | : Sharon Maree Farley |
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Release | : 2004 |
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Author | : Amber R. Teare |
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Total Pages | : 91 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Electronic dissertations |
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Author's abstract: The alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) is a highly aquatic turtle only found in Gulf of Mexico drainages. The biology of this species remains relatively unknown, despite years of harvest and use as a zoological attraction. The purposes of this study were to (1) determine gender size classes and assess sexual size dimorphism, (2) delineate the reproductive cycle of M. temminckii, particularly their sex steroid seasonality, and (3) evaluate possible genetic divergence between M. temminckii found in southwest Georgia and northern Florida. Alligator snapping turtles exhibit pronounced sexual size dimorphism as adults. However, determining sex in smaller individuals is difficult. The purpose of this study was to assess gender size classes and sexual dimorphism in Macrochelys temminckii. Alligator snapping turtles in southwest Georgia were trapped from March 2008 to April 2010. Captured turtles were bled, sexed based on size and ultrasound, and measured for multiple characteristics. For all measurements, adult males were larger than females. The relationships between carapace length, plastron-to-vent length, and testosterone levels were used to determine gender of smaller individuals. To ensure accurate sexual assignment when studying M. temminckii, data from multiple methods (morphological measurements, ultrasonography, testosterone levels, and, laparoscopy) should be used. To delineate the reproductive cycle of M. temminckii, blood samples were taken from captured individuals, and plasma testosterone and estradiol were measured using enzyme immunoassay. Males exhibited seasonal changes in testosterone levels, with maximum levels occurring in October. Mating behavior was elucidated from the appearance of wounds on males that only occurred in April. Females displayed seasonality in testosterone and estradiol levels, with relative peaks occurring in March and April (mating and ovulation) and September and October (follicular development). Genetic structure between M. temminckii populations separated by a dam and under different hunting pressures was assessed using microsatellite loci. Average number of alleles per locus and number of unique alleles was higher for the Florida population. Genetic structure was detected between the populations (FST = 0.043, p = 0.001). The rapid development of structuring between Florida and Georgia M. temminckii warrants further investigation into the effects of fragmentation and overexploitation on this species.
Author | : Christina M. Davy |
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Release | : 2013 |
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Author | : Peter Charles Howard Pritchard |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Alligator snapping turtle |
ISBN | : 9781575242750 |
The alligator snapping turtle is one of the most celebrated of the world's turtles. Yet, despite its unquestionable familiarity among even the most dilettante turtle enthusiasts and hobbyist, it remains a rather poorly-known species. This text takes a look at the turtle.
Author | : Don Moll |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 2004-04-08 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 9780195102291 |
The underlying theme of this book is that a widespread, taxonomically diverse group of animals, important both from ecological and human resource perspectives, remains poorly understood and in delcine, while receiving scant attention from the ecological and conservation community. This volume proposes a comprehensive overview of the world's river turtles' ecology, conservation, and management. It begins with a categorization of taxa which inhabit flowing water habitats followed by information on their evolutionary and physical diversity and biogeography. Within the framework of ecology, the authors discuss the composition of river turtle communities in different types of lotic habitats and regions, population dynamics, movements, reproductive characteristics and behavior, predators, and feeding relationships. In a conservation and management section, the authors identify and evaluate the nature and intensity of factors which threaten river turtle survival--almost all of which involve direct human exploitation or indirect effects of human induced habitat alteration and degradation. They then list and evaluate the various schemes which have been proposed or employed to halt declines and restore populations, and make recommendations for future management plans for specific species and regions. In closing, they state their viewpoint concerning future research directions and priorities, and an evaluation of future prospects for survival of the world's river turtle species.
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Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Turtles |
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Author | : Anthony C. Steyermark |
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Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 2008-03-31 |
Genre | : Nature |
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This volume synthesizes all that is known about the common snapping turtle to provide an up-to-date and comprehensive resource on the species' evolution, physiology, behavior, and life history. Anthony C. Steyermark, Michael S. Finkler, Ronald J. Brooks, and a team of experts detail the systematics, energetics, growth patterns, sex determination, and population genetics of snapping turtles and devote special attention to the fossil record of the snapping turtle family Chelydridae.
Author | : Brian W. Bowen |
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Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Rare reptiles |
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Author | : Brent M. Graves |
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Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Habitat partitioning (Biology) |
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Author | : Joshua Robert Ennen |
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Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Turtles |
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