Commercial turtle harvest is cited as being a major influence of turtle population declines. In
Missouri, little is known about the demographics of harvested turtle populations. The three …

Freshwater turtle populations are declining worldwide, yet managers have little information
about the effects of commercial turtle harvests. In Missouri, the snapping turtle (Chelydra …

Abstract Scope and Method of Study. The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of
commercial harvesting on turtle populations across eastern Oklahoma. I also analyzed …

To conserve or restore riverine turtles, managers need baseline information on
subpopulation structure and abundance in multiple rivers across large geographic areas …

The collapse of Asian turtle populations led to the creation of a worldwide freshwater turtle
market in the 1990s. Texas is one of several states in the United States that has capitalized …

After more than 200 million years as a unique evolutionary group, persisting in the great
extinction that ended the reign of dinosaurs, many species of turtles are now increasingly …

In the year 2000, a reported 460 turtles were removed from North Carolina for commercial
use. In 2002, the reported take of turtles soared to a staggering 23,311 turtles. A continuation …

Fundamental questions in ecology and conservation require reliable data about population
size and structure. For freshwater turtles, such data are often obtained via mark–recapture …

Snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina) occur in nearly every type of freshwater habitat in
North America east of the Rocky Mountains, but little is known about the ecology of …

By using 6 years of Long Term Resource Monitoring Program (LTRMP) turtle by-catch data
collected from the middle Mississippi River, we investigated smooth softshell (Apalone …