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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Red-eared Slider"”.
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Elucidating the conservation status of Michigan's red-eared slider (trachemys scripta elegans): A phylogeographic approach
<p>The geographic origin of Michigan’s Trachemys scripta elegans has been a contentious subject since its first description in 1934. At that time two explanations were proposed: 1) populations of T. s. elegans are native to Michigan and naturally expanded their range from Ohio and Indiana; or 2) …
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Growth, Diet, and Reproduction of the Red-Eared Slider (Trachemys Scripta) Inhabiting a Reservoir Receiving a Cold Effluent
Red eared sliders, Trachemys scripta, were collected from two habitats at Lake Taneycomo from April 1992 to July 1993. One site was a hypothermic cove near Rockaway Beach, Missouri, and the second site was a normothermic cove in a tributary of Lake Taneycomo known as Bull Creek. The diets of adult …
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Nest Emergence and Chemosensory Mediated Predator Avoidance: Two Studies of Behavior in the Red-Eared Slider (Trachemys Scripta Elegans)
Predator avoidance is a key to the survival of any species. The emergence of offspring in a single event (mass emergence) aids early in life, while the ability to detect predators by olfactory means aids throughout. In one experiment, the effect of constant versus changing surface temperature on …
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Invertebrate Fauna of the Carapaces of the Texas River Cooter (Pseudemys texana) and the Red-Eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)
… Texas river cooter (Pseudemys texana) and the Redeared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) at Spring Lake, Hays County, Texas. Turtles were captured from August through November 2002 using hoop nets, basking traps, and dip nets. Invertebrate samples were obtained by scraping a small area of the …
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Locomotor kinematics of turtles moving in shallow water environments
… only. In this thesis, I chose different size red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) turtles to investigate their locomotion during discreet water depth, as well as during shallow water locomotion and investigated whether bone shape can be predictive of the environment they live in.
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Seed Dispersal by Aquatic Turtles
… snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) and the red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta). Large numbers of mulberry (Morus spp.), barnyard grass (Echinochloa crus-galli) and curly dock (Rumex crisus) seeds were observed in the feces of sliders and snappers from a farm pond in Christian County, Mo. …
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Utilization of Stormwater Retention Ponds by Aquatic Turtles in Montgomery County, Virginia
… common landscape features as they are required by state and local environmental regulations. While some have hypothesized that stormwater ponds may provide habitat for wildlife, few studies have systematically investigated turtle use of stormwater ponds. To investigate stormwater pond use by …
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Cell Cycle Regulation by Post-Translational and Post-Transcriptional Mechanisms in an Anaerobic Extremist- the Anoxia Tolerant Turtle, Trachemys Scripta Elegans
… survival in oxygen restricted environments, the red-eared slider turtle (T. s. elegans) can adapt at the biochemical level to deal with hibernation occurring in oxygen-free (anoxic) cold water (<10°C). In this thesis I hypothesized that the mechanisms which suppress ATP-expensive cell cycle …
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Analysis of Vestibular Hair Cell Bundle Mechanics Using Finite Element Modeling
… response were studied. Six real cells from the red eared slider turtle utricle were modeled and their response to a gradually increased point load was analyzed. Bundle stiffness and tip link tension distributions were the primary data examined. The cells fell into two groups based on stiffness. …
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Morphogenesis and Female Fate Determination in Vertebrates
… molecular pathways have been shown to be required for female fate determination in vertebrates, the intricacies of ovarian morphogenesis are not well understood. A key event in ovarian development occurs around birth, when meiotic germ cells and somatic granulosa cells organize into primordial …
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Investigating the epidemiology of adenoviruses in free-ranging turtles in Illinois
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2024-09-16 without embargo terms
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Investigating the epidemiology of adenoviruses in free-ranging turtles in Illinois
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2024-09-16 without embargo terms
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Invasive species: fundamental and applied science
… to trophically analogous natives, it enhances prediction by accounting for proxies of numerical response, such as abundance. It therefore captures the impacts of abundant invaders with low per capita effects alongside low numbers of invaders with high per capita effects, while still maintaining …