Experimentally derived salinity tolerance of hatchling Burmese pythons (Python molurus bivittatus) from the Everglades, Florida (USA)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 413, Issue , 2012, Pages 56-59

  Hart, Kristen M ^a   Schofield, Pamela J ^a   Gregoire, Denise R ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burmese python; Everglades; Experiment; Salinity tolerance; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HATCHING; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEAWATER; SNAKE; WILD POPULATION;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; PYTHON MOLURUS BIVITTATUS; PYTHONIDAE; SERPENTES;

EID: 83755188579     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.11.021     Document Type: Article

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