| the influence of body size on the diving behaviour and physiology of the bimodally respiring turtle, elseya albagula. | in aquatic vertebrates that acquire oxygen aerially dive duration scales positively with body mass, i.e. larger animals can dive for longer periods, however in bimodally respiring animals the relationship between dive duration and body mass is unclear. in this study we investigated the relationships between body size, aquatic respiration, and dive duration in the bimodally respiring turtle, elseya albagula. under normoxic conditions, dive duration was found to be independent of body mass. the di ... | 2006 | 16791587 |
| a risk assessment approach to manage inundation of elseya albagula nests in impounded waters: a win-win situation? | a risk assessment process was used to trial the impact of potential new operating rules on the frequency of nest inundation for the white-throated snapping turtle, elseya albagula, in the impounded waters of the burnett river, queensland, australia. the proposed operating rules would increase the barrage storage level during the turtle nesting season (may-july) and then would be allowed to reduce to a lower level for incubation for the rest of the year. these proposed operating rules reduce rate ... | 2015 | 25432451 |
| seasonal and diel dive performance and behavioral ecology of the bimodally respiring freshwater turtle myuchelys bellii of eastern australia. | freshwater turtles have an extraordinary physiological ability to endure dive times that can range from days to months using aquatic respiration. in cryptodires (e.g., white-lipped mud turtle kinosternon leucostomum) aquatic respiration is via buccal or cutaneous routes whereas in pleurodires (e.g., fitzroy river turtle rheodytes leukops), it is achieved primarily via specialized cloacal bursae. this study records the voluntary diving performance of the western sawshelled turtle myuchelys bellii ... | 2012 | 22045114 |