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- Title
Overwintering Behavior and Predation in Common Musk Turtles (Sternotherus odoratus).
- Authors
Bulté, Grégory; Lougheed, Stephen C.; Cairns, Nicholas A.
- Abstract
We studied the overwintering behavior of common musk turtles (Sternotherus odoratus) near the northern edge of the species' range using radiotelemetry. The turtles (n = 6) were found under the ice in winter in shallow (< 2 m) water, above sediments, in locales with abundant aquatic vegetation, and temperatures ranging between 0.4° and 1.7°C. American mink (Mustaela vison) appear to have killed 6 of the 9 radiotagged turtles, and 13 other common musk turtles in the same area during the winter, indicating that winter predation is an important source of mortality in this species.
- Subjects
TURTLES; AMERICAN mink; PREDATION; RADIO telemetry
- Publication
Chelonian Conservation & Biology, 2023, Vol 22, Issue 2, p225
- ISSN
1071-8443
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2744/CCB-1595.1