Growth of Turtles During Continual Centrifugation

Authors

Christopher H. Dodge, State University of IowaFollow
Charles C. Wunder, State University of IowaFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

Juvenile Red Eared turtles (Pseudemys scripta elegans) were continuously centrifuged for as long as 9 weeks at 5 and 6 times the Earth's gravity. On a carapace-length basis growth was 159±75% more at 5 G than under control conditions (1 G). These results were contrary to those with young mice at comparable fields in which the mice displayed a slower growth rate than their controls. The nature of the response appears to be dependent upon the feeding pattern.

Publication Date

1962

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

69

Issue

1

First Page

594

Last Page

599

Copyright

©1962 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Dodge, Christopher H. and Wunder, Charles C. (1962) "Growth of Turtles During Continual Centrifugation," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 69(1), 594-599.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol69/iss1/90