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Yoshie, H., & Yusa, Y. (2008). Effects of predation on the exotic freshwater snail pomacea canaliculata (caenogastropoda: ampullariidae) by the indigenous turtle chinemys reevesii (testudines: geoemydidae). Applied Entomology and Zoology, 43(4), 475–482.
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| Resource type: Journal Article BibTeX citation key: Yoshie2008 View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Ernährung = nutrition, Geoemydidae, Habitat = habitat, invasive Arten = invasive species, Mauremys, Mauremys rivulata, Ostasien = East Asia, Schildkröten = turtles + tortoises Creators: Yoshie, Yusa Collection: Applied Entomology and Zoology |
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We studied the predatory potential of the turtle Chinemys reevesii on the apple snail Pomacea canaliculata using two series of experiments. First, we investigated the relationship between turtle body size and the maximum size of snails consumed over a period of 3 days within 0.37 m2 containers. The maximum snail size consumed was positively related with turtle size. Secondly, we investigated the predation of snails by turtles over a period of 8 weeks. We released 200 snails (10–30 mm shell height) and an adult turtle (155–183 mm carapace length) into each of two 2.08 m2 plots with soil and rice plants. Subsequently, snail density was monitored every week and 200 snails were added to low density plots up to twice a week. Two control plots with the same initial density of snails but without turtles were also monitored. The density and survival rate of snails were lower in plots with a turtle than in control plots. We estimated that a single turtle consumed >2,000 snails in 8 weeks. In addition, the biomass of duckweed (given as food for snails) was greater in turtle plots than in control plots, suggesting that the presence of turtles had an indirect effect on weed.
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