Survival and behavior of freshwater turtles after rehabilitation from an oil spill

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 213-223

  Saba, V S ^a,b   Spotila, J R ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Oil spill; Painted turtle; Red bellied turtle; Red eared slider turtle; Snapping turtle

Indexed keywords

OIL SPILLS; WATER;

FRESHWATER;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SURVIVAL; TURTLE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HOME RANGE; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; PLACE PREFERENCE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE; TURTLE;

JOHN HEINZ NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CHELYDRA SERPENTINA; CHELYDRIDAE; CHRYSEMYS; CHRYSEMYS PICTA; PSEUDEMYS; PSEUDEMYS RUBRIVENTRIS; TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS;

EID: 0041914417     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(03)00192-1     Document Type: Article

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