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Document Type
Research
Keywords
Chrysemys picta belli, growth rate, bottom type
Abstract
Several populations of western painted turtles (Chrysemys picta belli) were sampled during 1970 to determine the possible relationship between turtle growth rate and type of pond substrate. The populations sampled were selected because they existed in lentic habitats that had either highly organic, mud substrates or relatively inorganic, sand substrates. Age determinations based on plastral annuli showed turtles from highly organic substrates to grow more rapidly than those from substrates with less apparent organic matter. Females attained greater size than males in both habitat extremes.
Publication Date
January 1972
Journal Title
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science
Volume
78
Issue
3-4
First Page
67
Last Page
69
Copyright
©1972 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Quinn, Anthony J. and Christiansen, James L.
(1972)
"The Relationship Between Pond Bottom Type and Growth Rate of Western Painted Turtles Chrysemys picta belli in Iowa, a Preliminary Report,"
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 78(3-4), 67-69.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol78/iss3/11