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  <dc:contributor>A.B. Nebeker</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>M. J. Adams</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>R. Bruce Bury</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2000</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;In laboratory tests, young &lt;i&gt;Chelydra serpentina&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Trachemys scripta&lt;/i&gt; altered their distribution in the presence of a temperature gradient. Selection of temperatures in the gradient for hatchlings and yearlings showed that body temperatures (&lt;i&gt;T&lt;sub&gt;b&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/i&gt;s) of &lt;i&gt;C. serpentina&lt;/i&gt; were lower than &lt;i&gt;T. scripta&lt;/i&gt;, but the difference was insignificant. Relatively low &lt;i&gt;T&lt;sub&gt;b&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/i&gt;s could allow greater activity range and reduced metabolic maintenance cost for &lt;i&gt;C. serpentina&lt;/i&gt;, which seldom leaves water.&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1016/S0306-4565(99)00027-3</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Elsevier</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Response of hatchling and yearling turtles to thermal gradients: Comparison of Chelydra serpentina and Trachemys scripta</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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