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- Title
Turtles of Bond, Macoupin and Montgomery Counties, Illinois, 2006-2008.
- Authors
Major, P. Decker; Bluett, Robert D.; Hulin, Andrew C.
- Abstract
During 2006-2008, we used baited hoop nets to sample Bond, Macoupin and Montgomery counties for the presence of aquatic turtles. We had 457 captures of turtles representing five species (Chelydra serpentina, Chrysemys picta, Trachemys scripta elegans, Sternotherus odoratus and Apalone spinifera) during 122 net-nights of effort at 53 sites. Lentic habitats yielded greater numbers of captures and species than lotic sites. Species encountered during our efforts were the same as those documented by collections from the area more than 50 years ago. This group, comprised of habitat generalists with moderately diverse aquatic resources at their disposal, appears to have done well despite dramatic anthropogenic changes to the landscape.
- Subjects
ILLINOIS; TURTLES; CHELYDRA serpentina; WESTERN painted turtle; RED-eared slider; STERNOTHERUS odoratus; SPINY softshell turtle; AQUATIC resources; AQUATIC habitats
- Publication
Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science, 2009, Vol 102, Issue 3/4, p191
- ISSN
0019-2252
- Publication type
Article