Effect of water temperature and oxygen levels on the diving behavior of two freshwater turtles: Rheodytes leukops and Emydura macquarii

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 555-561

  Priest, Toni E ^a   Franklin, Craig E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMYDURA; EMYDURA MACQUARII; RHEODYTES LEUKOPS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0036955132     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2002)036[0555:EOWTAO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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