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Edge, C. B., Steinberg, B. D., Brooks, R. J., & Litzgus, J. D. (2009). Temperature and site selection by blanding’s turtles (emydoidea blandingii) during hibernation near the species’ northern range limit. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 87(9), 825–834. 
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Resource type: Journal Article
BibTeX citation key: Edge2009
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Keywords: Emydidae, Emydoidea, Emydoidea blandingii, Habitat = habitat, Nordamerika = North America, Physiologie = physiology, Schildkröten = turtles + tortoises
Creators: Brooks, Edge, Litzgus, Steinberg
Collection: Canadian Journal of Zoology
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Abstract     
Abstract: Many animals that live in northern climates enter a state of prolonged dormancy during winter. These animals possess a suite of physiological and behavioural adaptations that minimize threats to survival while overwintering. There are three major threats to overwintering survival: metabolic and respiratory acidosis, freezing, and predation. Selection of hibernation sites should minimize these threats. We monitored dissolved oxygen, water depth, and temperature at overwintering locations of Blanding’s Turtles (Emydoidea blandingii (Holbrook, 1838)) and at stations located haphazardly in six different habitat types over two winters in Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada. Water depth and dissolved oxygen in overwintering sites used by turtles were similar to those measured at haphazard stations. In contrast, estimated turtle body temperatures (~0 °C) were significantly lower and less variable than water temperatures measured at haphazard stations. These data and those reported elsewhere suggest that there are two alternatives for selection of suitable hibernacula by anoxia tolerant turtles. In areas where there is periodic access to aerial oxygen, turtles select sites where ice cover may not be present for the entire winter, but in areas where ice cover restricts access to air, turtles select sites where water temperatures are close to 0 °C.
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