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Virtual Poster Session #2, 18th Annual Symposium on the Conservation and Biology of Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles

September 12, 2022

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Welcome to Poster Session #2 for the 18th Annual Symposium — A Virtual Experience —

Visit this page beginning September 3rd, 2020 to view and comment on over 20 virtual posters related to Chelonian Research and Conservation. Session #2 presenters will be available to respond to comments on their posters! After September 24th, all virtual posters from Sessions #1 & #2, will remain publicly available as an archive.

Posters may focus on successes and failures in research, techniques and approaches, and the tools and technologies used by researchers! Once you have finished viewing the posters, we would appreciate your feedback (IN THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THIS PAGE) on Virtual Poster Session #2.

(THE BELOW TITLES WILL LINK TO THE LOCATION OF EACH POSTER WHERE YOU MAY COMMENT AND INTERACT WITH THE PRESENTER. ENJOY!)

Thursday September 3, 2020
Poster Session 2 — 9:00 AM
Emys orbicularis: An Endangered Species in Spain
Enrique Ayllon
Sensitivity of Capture-Recapture Using Seining to Detect Changes in Diamondback Terrapin Survival in Response to Management
Danielle Bradke
The Use of Chestnut (Terminalia catappa) Leaves as Phytotherapic Treatment of Fungi and Bacteria in Iaçá (Podocnemis sextuberculata) and Irapuca (Podocnemis erytrocephala) in Captivity
Jennifer Caroline Brito
Mechanistic Modeling of the Effects of Climate Change on the Giant South American River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa)
Jullyana Carmo (Heitor Campos de Sousa)
Community Structure of Freshwater Turtles in Northeastern Illinois Marshes
Andrea Colton
Spatial Niche Overlap of Sympatric Kinixys belliana and Stigmochelys pardalis at Multiple Spatial Scales in South Sudan (East Africa)
Gift Demaya (Luca Luiselli)
Environmental Enrichment of the Enclosure of Chelonoidis denticulatus in Captivity
Jeberson da Silva Ferreira
Education of the Phases of Reproduction of the Giant Amazon River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa) to Students of Primary Education in Schools of Manaus-AM
Maria Auxiliadora Menezes Firmino
Estimating the Occupancy of Northwestern Pond Turtles (Actinemys marmorata) and Non-native Red-eared Sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans) in Agricultural Habitats in California’s Sacramento Valley and
Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta
Alexandria Fulton
A Comparison of Bite Performance Among Captive and Wild Alligator Snapping Turtles (Macrochelys temminckii)
Ashley Gagnon
Comparing Semi-urban and Forest Populations of the Jalisco Mud Turtle
José Garrido
Analysis of Sexual Dimorphism in Newly-hatched
Podocnemis expansa
Welloyane Gomes
Growth Rates of Red-eared Sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans) in North Texas
Daniel Lee
The Trackway of the Platysternid Turtle Platysternon megacephalum and its Implications for the Identification of Turtles from Tracks
Asher Lichtig
Carapace and Plastron Infections Caused by Enterobacteriaceae in Mesoclemmys spp. Kept in Captivity at Centro de Estudos de Quelônios da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil
Deyrdre Merlo
Microbiologic Data Survey of Abscesses in Big-headed Amazon River Turtles (Peltocephalus dumerilianus) Kept in Captivity
Tamara Moraes
Movement of Red-eared Sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans) between Recaptures in the Trinity River, Fort Worth, Texas.
Mark Moses
Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata) Distribution and Conservation Status in West Virginia
Joel Mota
Ecological Aspects of Temperature Controlled Sex Determination in Podocnemis unifilis in Different Soil Types Near Manaus
Antonio Luiz Vieira de Oliveira
Reproductive Behavior of Mesoclemmys raniceps in Captivity
Sabrina Menezes de Oliveira
Reception of Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles at the Buenos Aires City Wildlife Rescue Center in Argentina
Borja Baguette Pereiro
Between a Marsh and a Lake: Ecology of a Northern Population of Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta)
Julie Ray
Diatoms on Freshwater Turtles: Preliminary Analysis of Water Quality Zoey Suasnovar (Shelly Wu)
Age Assessment Through Growth Ring Counts in a Spur-thighed Tortoise (Testudo graeca) Population from Eastern Romania
Sabina E. Vlad
Effects of the Prospective Dam Placed in the Trombetas River Above Turtle Nesting Beaches
Maria Augusta Paes Agostini
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