| ecotoxicological assessment of diamondback terrapin (malaclemys terrapin) pond habitat, prey and eggs in bermuda. | total petroleum hydrocarbons, pah and various trace metal residues were extracted and analyzed from fresh whole diamondback terrapin (malaclemys terrapin) eggs, whole brackish-water gastropods (terrapin prey) and benthic sediment from anchialine pond environments in bermuda inhabited by terrapins. gastropods and terrapin eggs showed higher concentrations of trace metals and organic contaminants than sediments. conversely, pahs were mostly found within the sediment and smaller amounts detected in ... | 2016 | 26707979 |
| introduced delicacy or native species? a natural origin of bermudian terrapins supported by fossil and genetic data. | humans have greatly altered the natural distribution of species, making it difficult to distinguish between natural and introduced populations. this is a problem for conservation efforts because native or introduced status can determine whether a species is afforded protection or persecuted as an invasive pest. holocene colonization events are especially difficult to discern, particularly when the species in question is a naturally good disperser and widely transported by people. in this study, ... | 2008 | 18270164 |