Immersion periods in four neotropical turtles

NOTA: Semi-aquatic turtles often dive to escape from terrestrial predators, but to our knowledge, the time that Costa Rican species can stay under water is unknown. To obtain preliminary measurements of this ecologically significant parameter, we tested several individuals in an aquarium with water...

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Autores principales:	Morera-Brenes, Bernal, Mónge-Nájera, Julián
Formato:	Online
Idioma:	spa
Publicado:	Universidad Estatal a Distancia, Costa Rica 2011
Acceso en línea:	https://revistas.uned.ac.cr/index.php/cuadernos/article/view/212

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spelling	CUADERNOS2122022-09-02T02:22:46Z Immersion periods in four neotropical turtles Morera-Brenes, Bernal Mónge-Nájera, Julián NOTE:Semi-aquatic turtles often dive to escape from terrestrial predators, but to our knowledge, the time that Costa Rican species can stay under water is unknown. To obtain preliminary measurements of this ecologically significant parameter, we tested several individuals in an aquarium with water at 25°C in Sabanilla, San José, Costa Rica. We placed the turtles in the water and moved a hand on the surface whenever they attempted to swim upwards, but otherwise allowed them to resurface. They were all adult females except for Kinosternon scorpioides (3 males,1 female).The times they stayed under water were: K. scorpioides 60-3656s (15 repetitions); Kinosternon leucostomum 82-84s (6 repetitions); Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima 413-435s (2 repetitions) and R. funerea 525 seconds (one test).The maximum time was of about one hour, recorded for a female K. scorpioides. Standora et al. (1984) found that in nature, submersion times for the marine Dermochelyx coriacea averaged 480 seconds, similar to the times we recorded for Rhinoclemmys spp.We thank M. Sassa for advice. NOTA: Semi-aquatic turtles often dive to escape from terrestrial predators, but to our knowledge, the time that Costa Rican species can stay under water is unknown. To obtain preliminary measurements of this ecologically significant parameter, we tested several individuals in an aquarium with water at 25°C in Sabanilla, San José, Costa Rica. We placed the turtles in the water and moved a hand on the surface whenever they attempted to swim upwards, but otherwise allowed them to resurface. They were all adult females except for Kinosternon scorpioides (3 males,1 female).The times they stayed under water were: K. scorpioides 60-3656s (15 repetitions); Kinosternon leucostomum 82-84s (6 repetitions); Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima 413-435s (2 repetitions) and R. funerea 525 seconds (one test).The maximum time was of about one hour, recorded for a female K. scorpioides. Standora et al. (1984) found that in nature, submersion times for the marine Dermochelyx coriacea averaged 480 seconds, similar to the times we recorded for Rhinoclemmys spp.We thank M. Sassa for advice. Universidad Estatal a Distancia, Costa Rica 2011-06-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.uned.ac.cr/index.php/cuadernos/article/view/212 10.22458/urj.v3i1.212 UNED Research Journal; Vol. 3 No. 1 (2011); 97 UNED Research Journal; Vol. 3 Núm. 1 (2011); 97 1659-441X 1659-4266 spa https://revistas.uned.ac.cr/index.php/cuadernos/article/view/212/90
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description	NOTA: Semi-aquatic turtles often dive to escape from terrestrial predators, but to our knowledge, the time that Costa Rican species can stay under water is unknown. To obtain preliminary measurements of this ecologically significant parameter, we tested several individuals in an aquarium with water at 25°C in Sabanilla, San José, Costa Rica. We placed the turtles in the water and moved a hand on the surface whenever they attempted to swim upwards, but otherwise allowed them to resurface. They were all adult females except for Kinosternon scorpioides (3 males,1 female).The times they stayed under water were: K. scorpioides 60-3656s (15 repetitions); Kinosternon leucostomum 82-84s (6 repetitions); Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima 413-435s (2 repetitions) and R. funerea 525 seconds (one test).The maximum time was of about one hour, recorded for a female K. scorpioides. Standora et al. (1984) found that in nature, submersion times for the marine Dermochelyx coriacea averaged 480 seconds, similar to the times we recorded for Rhinoclemmys spp.We thank M. Sassa for advice.
title	Immersion periods in four neotropical turtles
title_short	Immersion periods in four neotropical turtles
title_full	Immersion periods in four neotropical turtles
title_fullStr	Immersion periods in four neotropical turtles
title_full_unstemmed	Immersion periods in four neotropical turtles
title_sort	immersion periods in four neotropical turtles
publisher	Universidad Estatal a Distancia, Costa Rica
publishDate	2011
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Immersion periods in four neotropical turtles

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