Acute and Persistent Effects of Pre- and Posthatching Thermal Environments on Growth and Metabolism in the Red-Eared Slider Turtle, Trachemys scripta elegans

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 317 A, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 227-235

  Ligon, Day B ^a   Peterson, Charles C ^b   Lovern, Matthew B ^c  

^a Missouri State University   (United States)

^b HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TURTLE; UNITED STATES;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; FRESH WATER; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; OKLAHOMA; TEMPERATURE; TURTLES;

TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS;

EID: 84860362091     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: 19325231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.1716     Document Type: Article

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