2022 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Virtual Conference
March 13 - 15, 2022
5/21/2019 | 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM | EXAMINING THE PHYSIOLOGICAL HEALTH OF RECENTLY- AND FORMERLY-RELEASED CAPTIVE-REARED JUVENILE BLANDING’S TURTLES (EMYDOIDEA BLANDINGII) | 250 CF
EXAMINING THE PHYSIOLOGICAL HEALTH OF RECENTLY- AND FORMERLY-RELEASED CAPTIVE-REARED JUVENILE BLANDING’S TURTLES (EMYDOIDEA BLANDINGII)
The Blanding's Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and is offered protection throughout much of its known range. Significant head-starting efforts have been conducted to recover populations of E. blandingii in northeastern Illinois, with over 2,500 turtles released since 1995. However, the success of these programs both locally and range-wide have not been fully quantified. Our research project gauged the success of an augmentation program in northern Illinois (Blanding's Turtle Recovery Project) by assessing the long-term physiological health through blood biochemistry of captive-reared recently-released (i.e. released in 2017) and captive-reared formerly-released (i.e., captive reared and released prior to 2016) juvenile turtles at multiple local wetlands. Our results have indicated several blood biochemistry metrics vary between the two groups and between months. Additionally, there are differences between both groups in the increasing or decreasing trends of biochemical responses across months. Examining these efforts will provide a measure of how released juveniles are acclimating to their environment, help us gain an understanding for the consequences of rearing and releasing, and will provide an assessment of the health of captive-reared and released juvenile turtles.
- Wetland
- Vertebrate
- Assessment
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Armand Cann
(), Loyola University Chicago, acann@luc.edu;
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Joseph Milanovich
(), Loyola University Chicago, jmilanovich@luc.edu;
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Leigh Anne Harden
(), Benedictine University, lharden@ben.edu;
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