Determinants of Hatching Success in Diamondback Terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin

1977 ◽  
Vol 97 (2) ◽  
pp. 444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Burger
Keyword(s):  
Hatching Success ◽  
Diamondback Terrapin ◽  
Malaclemys Terrapin

scholarly journals The Role of Nest Depth and Site Choice in Mitigating the Effects of Climate Change on an Oviparous Reptile

Diversity ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 151
Author(s):  
Rebecca A. Czaja ◽  
Amanda L. Scholz ◽  
Miranda P. Figueras ◽  
Russell L. Burke
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Parental Care ◽  
Hatching Success ◽  
Diamondback Terrapin ◽  
Female Size ◽  
Nest Temperature ◽  
Malaclemys Terrapin ◽  
Nest Depth ◽  
Minimal Evidence

Climate change is likely to have strong impacts on oviparous animals with minimal parental care, because nest temperature can impact egg development, sex, and survival, especially in the absence of mitigation via parental care. Nesting females may compensate for increasing temperatures by altering how, when, and where they nest. We examined the factors determining nest depth and site choice as well as the effects that nest depth and location have on nest temperature and hatching success in the diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin). We found that nest depth was not correlated with nesting female size, egg characteristics, or daily temperatures. Nest temperatures and hatching success were correlated with different environmental and nest characteristics between 2004, a cool and wet year, and 2005, a hot and dry year. Females selected nests with lower southern overstory vegetation in 2005. These results suggest that nest depth and location can play an important yet varying role in determining nest temperature and hatching success in more extreme warm and dry environmental conditions and, therefore, may mitigate the impacts of climate change on oviparous reptiles. However, we found minimal evidence that turtles choose nest locations and depths that maximize offspring survival based on short-term environmental cues.

scholarly journals Introduced delicacy or native species? A natural origin of Bermudian terrapins supported by fossil and genetic data

2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 216-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
James F Parham ◽  
Mark E Outerbridge ◽  
Bryan L Stuart ◽  
David B Wingate ◽  
Helmut Erlenkeuser ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Native Species ◽  
Genetic Data ◽  
Oceanic Islands ◽  
Invasive Pest ◽  
Diamondback Terrapin ◽  
Malaclemys Terrapin ◽  
Natural Distribution ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
Introduced Populations ◽  
Marine Reptile

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, we test the origin of such a species, the diamondback terrapin ( Malaclemys terrapin ), on Bermuda using a combination of palaeontologic (fossil, radiometric and palaeoenvironmental) and genetic data. These lines of evidence support the hypothesis that terrapins are relatively recent (between 3000 and 400 years ago) natural colonizers of Bermuda. The tiny population of Bermudian terrapins represents the second naturally occurring non-marine reptile that still survives on one of the most densely populated and heavily developed oceanic islands in the world. We recommend that they should be given protection as a native species.

Osmoregulation in the Diamondback Terrapin, Malaclemys Terrapin Centrata

1967 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. J. BENTLEY ◽  
W. L. BRETZ ◽  
KNUT SCHMIDT-NIELSEN
Keyword(s):  
Fresh Water ◽  
Solute Concentration ◽  
Diamondback Terrapin ◽  
Malaclemys Terrapin ◽  
Excess Sodium ◽  
Diamondback Terrapins ◽  
Do So

1. While in hypertonic environment diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys centrata) slowly lose water by osmosis through the integument and as urine through the kidney. 2. Small amounts of sodium are gained, probably largely as a result of diffusion through the integument rather than by drinking, and this sodium is principally excreted extrarenally. Nevertheless, the solute concentration in the blood of such turtles increases. 3. When returned to fresh water the animals rehydrate and excrete accumulated excess sodium. 4. In these ways they could undoubtedly survive for extended periods in the absence of fresh water, but it is not clear whether they could do so indefinitely.

scholarly journals Naive Juvenile Diamondback Terrapins: Kin Recognition in Controlled Encounter Experiments

Elements ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brad Macdonald ◽  
Alexis Rife
Keyword(s):  
Social Behavior ◽  
Kin Selection ◽  
Kin Recognition ◽  
Diamondback Terrapin ◽  
Malaclemys Terrapin ◽  
Selection Theory ◽  
Boston College ◽  
Diamondback Terrapins ◽  
Existing Data

Northern diamondback terrapin (<span style="font-family: mceinline;"><em>malaclemys terrapin</em>) turtle </span>hatchlings raised as part of a laboratory headstarting program are the focus of kin recognition studies taking place at Boston College. Experiments examining basking behaviors in 13 trials of familiar kin and 11 trials of unfamiliar non-kin. Familiar kin averaged more aggressive engagements per trial (2.44 vs. 0.36), more displacements per trial (13.36 vs. 3.91), and more instances of climbing on one another (13.36 vs. 2.36). Familiar kin basked in congregations more frequently per trial than unfamiliar non-kin. These data suggest that diamondback terrapins treat each other differently based on either kinship or familiarity-or both. Further research will be conducted on familiar and unfamiliar kin and non-kin groupings to help elucidate the existing data by determining which variable has greater consequence and if Hamilton's kin selection theory can be applied to terrapin juvenile social behavior.

Stable Isotope Analysis Enhances Our Understanding of Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) Foraging Ecology

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 596-611 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathew J. Denton ◽  
Amanda W. J. Demopoulos ◽  
John D. Baldwin ◽  
Brian J. Smith ◽  
Kristen M. Hart
Keyword(s):  
Stable Isotope ◽  
Stable Isotope Analysis ◽  
Foraging Ecology ◽  
Isotope Analysis ◽  
Diamondback Terrapin ◽  
Malaclemys Terrapin
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