Immersion periods in four neotropical turtles
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| Autoren: | , |
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| Format: | artículo |
| Publikationsdatum: | 2011 |
| Beschreibung: | Semi-aquatic turtles often dive to escape from terres-trial predators, but to our knowledge, the time that Costa Rican species can stay under water is unknown. To obtain preliminary measurements of this ecologically significant parameter, we tested several individuals in an aquarium with water at 25°C in Sabanilla, San José, Costa Rica. We placed the turtles in the water and moved a hand on the surface whenever they attempted to swim upwards, but otherwise allowed them to resurface. They were all adult females except for Kinosternon scorpioides (3 males,1 female). |
| Land: | Repositorio UNA |
| Institution: | Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Repositorio UNA |
| Sprache: | Inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:null:11056/26741 |
| Online Zugang: | http://hdl.handle.net/11056/26741 |
| Stichwort: | INMERSIÓN PERIODOS NEOTROPICAL TURTLES TORTUGA |