Turtles, snapping

Ashpole SL, Bishop CA, Brooks RJ. 2004. Contaminant residues in snapping turtle Chelydm s. serpentina) eggs from the Great Lakes-St Lawrence River basin (1999 to 2000). Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 47 240-252. 

Bishop CA, Lean DR, Brooks RJ, Carey JH, Ng P. 1995b. Chlorinated hydrocarbons in early life stages of the common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina serpentina) from a coastal wetland on Lake Ontario, Canada. Environ Toxicol Chem 14 421 26. 

Bishop CA, Ng P, Pettit KE, Kennedy SW, Stegeman JJ, Norstrom RJ, Brooks RJ. 1998. Environmental contamination and developmental abnormalities in eggs and hatchlings of the common snapping turtle Chelydra serpentina serpentina) from the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River basin (1989-91). Environ Pollut 101 143-56. 

Bonin J, Desgranges JL, Bishop CA, Rodrigue J, Gendron A, Elliott E. 1995. Comparative study of contaminants in the mudpuppy (Amphibia) and the common snapping turtle (Reptiha), St. Lawrence River, Canada. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 28 184-194. 

Golet WJ, Haines TA. 2001. Snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina) as monitors for mercury contamination of aquatic environments. Environ Monit Assess 71 211-220. 

Snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina-, Big River, Missouri (contaminated with lead mine tailings of 1000-3000 mg Pb/kg tailings) vs. reference site ... 

Overmann, S.R. and J.J. Krajicek. 1995. Snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina) as biomonitors of lead contamination of the Big River in Missouri s old lead belt. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 14 689-695. Osweiler, G.D. and G.A. Van Gelder. 1978. Epidemiology of lead poisoning in animals. Pages 143-177 in F.W. Oehme (ed.). Toxicity of Heavy Metals in the Environment. Part 1. Marcel Dekker, NY. 

Snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina Upper St. Lawrence River near Lake Ontario June 1984-85 2,3,7,8-TCDD... 

Ryan, J.J., B.P.Y. Lau, J.A. Hardy, W.B. Stone, P. O Keefe, and J.F. Gierthy. 1986. 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin and related dioxins and furans in snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) tissues from the upper St. Lawrence River. Chemosphere 15 537-548. 

Bishop, C. A, R.J. Brooks, J.H. Carey, P. Ng, RJ. Norstrom, and D.R.S. Lean. 1991. The case for a cause-effect linkage between environmental contamination and development in eggs of the common snapping turtle (Chelydra s. serpentina) from Ontario, Canad. Jour. Toxicol. Environ. Health 33 521-547. 

Bishop, C.A., G.P. Brown, RJ. Brooks, D.R.S. Lean, and J.H. Carey. 1994. Organochlorine contaminant concentrations in eggs and their relationship to body size and clutch characteristics of the female common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) in Lake Ontario, Canad. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 27 82-87. 

Bryan, A.M., P.G. Olafsson, and W.B. Stone. 1987a. Disposition of low and high environmental concentrations of PCBs in snapping turtle tissues. Bull. Environ, Contam. Toxicol. 38 1000-1005. 

Mirex concentrations were measured in 78 snapping turtles collected from 16 sites in southern Ontario, Canada, during 1988--1989 to evaluate the risk to human health (Herbert et al. 1993). 

Burghardt, G. M. and Hess, E. H. (1966). Food imprinting in the snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina. Science 151,108-109. 

Snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina Gopher tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus Common mud turtle, Kinosternon sabrubrum Missouri slider, Trachymys floridana hoyi Peninsula cooter, Pseudemys floridana pennisularls... 

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