Relationship of road density and marsh condition to turtle assemblage characteristics in the Laurentian Great Lakes

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 357-365

  DeCatanzaro, Rachel ^a   Chow Fraser, Patricia ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic; C. picta; C. serpentina; Coastal marsh; S. odoratus

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; LAKES; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MAMMALS; ROADS AND STREETS; TRANSPORTATION; WATER QUALITY;

ANTHROPOGENIC; C. PICTA; C. SERPENTINA; COASTAL MARSH; S. ODORATUS;

WETLANDS;

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL WETLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; ROAD; SEX RATIO; SPECIES RICHNESS; TURTLE; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY;

CANADA; GEORGIAN BAY; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAURENTIAN MOUNTAINS; NORTH CHANNEL [ONTARIO]; ONTARIO [CANADA]; QUEBEC [CANADA];

CHELYDRA SERPENTINA; CHELYDRA SERPENTINA SERPENTINA; CHRYSEMYS; CHRYSEMYS PICTA; STERNOTHERUS ODORATUS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 79952813890     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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