Diving behaviour of two Australian bimodally respiring turtles, Rheodytes leukops and Emydura macquarii, in a natural setting

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 258, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 335-342

  Gordos, Matthew ^a   Franklin, Craig E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bimodal respiration; Diel trends; Diving behaviour; Emydura macquarii; Freshwater turtles; Rheodytes leukops; Time depth recorder

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; DIVING BEHAVIOR; TURTLE;

EMYDURA MACQUARII; RHEODYTES LEUKOPS;

EID: 0036855783     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836902001474     Document Type: Article

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