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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"apalone"”.
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Spatial ecology of the smooth softshell turtle (Apalone mutica) in the Kaskaskia River of Illinois
… turtles including the Smooth Softshell Turtle (Apalone mutica), a species inhabiting the Midwestern United States. I investigated the spatial ecology of A. mutica in two reaches of the Kaskaskia River in south-central Illinois from 2013-2014. My objectives were to determine principal components …
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Geographical Distribution and Morphometrics of South Dakota Turtles
… snapping (Chelydra serpentina), spiny softshell (Apalone spinifera), smooth softshell (Apalone mutica), false map (Graptemys pseudogeographica), ornate box (Terrapene ornata ornata) and Blanding’s (Emydoidea blandingii) turtle. Relevant historic and more recent literature was synthesized to …
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The Ecology and Evolution of the Freshwater Turtles of Southern Mississippi
… genetic study on the Spiny Softshell turtle (<em>Apalone spinifera) </em>was initiated.</p> <p>The surveys performed for this study captured a total of 1,230 turtles, from 16 species. Analyses showed that land-use had no significant impact on turtle communities or species, but that habitat can be …
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Seed Dispersal by Aquatic Turtles
… (Pseudemys concinna), spiny soft-shell turtles (Apalone spinifera), and common map turtles (Graptemys geographica) were sampled. Seeds of Agropyron repens, Carex spp., Ludwigia peploides, Polygonum spp., Panicum spp., Ranunculus sceleratus, Setaria spp., and Silene dichotoma were observed in the …
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The Effects of Commercial Harvest on the Density and Demography of Aquatic Turtles in Arkansas
… scripta; N = 2695), spiny softshell turtles (Apalone spinifera; N = 640), common musk turtles (Sternotherus odoratus; N = 508), eastern mud turtles (Kinosternon subrubrum; N = 81), common snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina; N = 56), river cooters (Pseudemys concinna; N = 11), southern …