[PDF][PDF] A protocol for use of Shortnose, Atlantic, Gulf, and Green sturgeons

J Kahn, M Mohead - 2010 - repository.library.noaa.gov
The goal of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) protocols for the use of sturgeon
is standardization of research practices to benefit the recovery of Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) …

[PDF][PDF] Use of passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags for marking small freshwater turtles

K Buhlmann, TD TUBERvILLE - Chelonian Conservation and …, 1998 - researchgate.net
Results.–Of the 7 turtles PIT-tagged, one was never recaptured, one was found dead six
months later from causes unrelated to PIT tag implantation, five were recaptured at T2, and …
JA Ott, DE Scott - Journal of Herpetology, 1999 - JSTOR
Long-term demographic studies of wild popula-tions require the ability to mark individuals
permanently (Ferner, 1979). For many studies, it is imperative that individuals within …

Geographic isolation, genetic divergence, and ecological non-exchangeability define ESUs in a threatened sky-island rattlesnake

AT Holycross, ME Douglas - Biological conservation, 2007 - Elsevier
We utilized nine microsatellite loci and 865 bases from two mtDNA genes to estimate
demographic parameters and visualize historic/contemporary connectivity among …

[PDF][PDF] Management of “nuisance” vipers: effects of translocation on western diamond-backed rattlesnakes (Crotalus atrox)

EM Nowak, T Hare, J McNally - Biology of the …, 2002 - … .s3.amazonaws.com
Translocation of “nuisance” rattlesnakes from public and residential areas to undeveloped
habitats is an increasingly common management practice in the southwestern United States …

Patterns of circulating corticosterone in a population of rattlesnakes afflicted with snake fungal disease: stress hormones as a potential mediator of seasonal cycles in …

C Lind, IT Moore, Ç Akçay… - Physiological and …, 2018 - journals.uchicago.edu
Snake fungal disease (SFD) is an emerging threat to snake populations in the United States.
Fungal pathogens are often associated with a physiological stress response mediated by …

Tracking Outcomes of Snake Fungal Disease in Free-ranging Pygmy Rattlesnakes (Sistrurus miliarius)

CM Lind, CM McCoy, TM Farrell - Journal of Wildlife …, 2018 - meridian.allenpress.com
Snake fungal disease (SFD) is caused by the fungus Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola and its
documentation in wild snake populations has risen sharply in the past decade. Little is …