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From:Poetry (Vol. 194, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedNo wonder they move so slowly-Somebody in there is Trying to write....
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From:American Zoologist (Vol. 39, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThe exchange of water between a chelonian egg and its subterranean environment is influenced by numerous factors, the most important of which are (1) structure of the calcareous layer of the eggshell, (2) water...
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From:The Literary Review (Vol. 59, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedOr would if I were asleep, and not awake while this child runs circles around my star pinned to the ground. She brings me the yellowest leaf, the thinnest stick, each perfectly round pebble she finds hidden in the grass...
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From:The Science Teacher (Vol. 74, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedSea Turtles: An Extraordinary Natural History of Some Uncommon Turtles by Blair Witherington $29.95. 132 pp. Voyageur Press, Stillwater, MN. 2006. ISBN: 9780760326442. Sea Turtles is a well-written and superbly...
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From:The Midwest Quarterly (Vol. 60, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedIt's turtles down and down and down and down. I've seen them. When I looked, they hid their heads, their shells dipped like the edges of a frown, their toes drew in. I sensed what each one dreads, strange raps across...
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From:Endangered Species Bulletin (Vol. 27, Issue 1)A frantic radio call came into the Padre Island National Seashore Ranger Station on April 29, 1991: a park visitor reported that a sea turtle was crawling ashore! In a flash, we loaded a 4-wheeldrive truck with all the...
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From:The Southern Review (Vol. 51, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedOn gray forgetful mornings like this sea turtles would gather in the shallow waters of the Gulf to discuss issues of self-presentation and related concerns like, If there were a God would he have a hard shell and a...
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From:California History (Vol. 82, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedPalace Hotel, San Francisco, Christmas Dinner, 1904 "Mock Turtle, Premartin 30 cents" "Clear Green Turtle, Granday 50 cents" "Terrapin Maryland $2.50" The western pond turtle, or terrapin as it was once...
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From:Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science (Vol. 72, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedCOMPOSITION OF THE DIET OF THE ALABAMA REDBELLY TURTLE (PSUEDEMYS ALABAMENSIS). William M. Turner and David H. Nelson, Biology Dept., Univ. of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36688. The diet of the Alabama Redbelly turtle...
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From:Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science (Vol. 72, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedDIAMONDBACK TERRAPINS IN THE VICINITY OF MOBIL BAY-A PRELIMINARY STATUS REPORT. David H. Nelson and Krista K. van Amerongen, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36688. John J. Dindo, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin...
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From:The American Midland Naturalist (Vol. 134, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedFrom 1985 through 1991, I examined and categorized the sequential shell disarticulation patterns of 80 turtle specimens, representing six species and three families, in N-central Florida. Shells were allowed to...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 9, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Kelly R. Stewart 1,2,*, Peter H. Dutton 1 Introduction Animals with temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) may exhibit biases in the primary sex ratio that may be skewed toward female or male...
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From:West African Journal of Radiology (Vol. 24, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedByline: Folayemi. Olayinka-Adefemi, Godwin. Ogbole, Adenike. Olatunji-Akioye Background: Gastrointestinal (GI) transit time is a useful diagnostic technique routinely done around the world in human medicine. In...
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From:Marine Fisheries Review (Vol. 78, Issue 3-4) Peer-ReviewedABSTRACT--The California drift gillnet fleet has operated off the U.S. west coast since it developed in the late 1970s. At its full extent, fishing effort ranged from the Southern California Bight north to Oregon. The...
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From:The Chronicle of Higher Education (Vol. 62, Issue 32)For the past seven years, Aaron R. Krochmal, an associate professor of biology at Washington College, has been trying to pinpoint how a population of turtles near the Maryland campus manages to navigate migration...
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From:Marine Biology (Vol. 161, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedMany species of marine organisms go through ontogenetic shifts that occur in unknown or inaccessible locations. Finding these areas is crucial to understand connectivity and resilience of populations, both of which have...
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From:Endangered Species BulletinThe Camp Blanding Joint Training Center (CBJTC) is a critical military training resource for the Florida Army National Guard (FLARNG)--as well as other branches of the armed forces--and it serves as a logistical support...
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From:American Scientist (Vol. 107, Issue 6)Freshwater turtles squirming inside their eggs may be able to influence their sex. The sex of a future turtle is tied to the temperature of the incubating egg: Colder eggs result in male turtles, whereas warmer eggs...
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From:Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management (Vol. 10, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedGopher tortoise Gopherus polyphemus populations have declined by as much as 80% over the past century, primarily as a result of habitat loss. In 2006, the eastern population of the gopher tortoise was petitioned for...
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From:PeerJ (Vol. 7) Peer-ReviewedThe best facultative anaerobes among vertebrates are members of the genera Trachemys (pond slider turtles) and Chrysemys (painted turtles), and are able to survive without oxygen for up to 12 to 18 weeks at ~3 °C. In...