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Aquatic Turtle Morphology

Aquatic Turtle Morphology is a biological construct that characterizes the structural form and physical adaptations of turtle species specifically evolved for life in freshwater aquatic environments, distinguished from terrestrial or marine turtle morphology by features such as streamlined shells, limb specialization for swimming, and cranial structures associated with underwater respiration and feeding.

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191

Shell bone histology indicates terrestrial palaeoecology of basal turtles

Torsten M. Scheyer, P. Martin Sander · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2007 · 151 citations

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Geometry and self-righting of turtles

G. Domokos, Péter L. Várkonyi · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2007 · 122 citations · Full text

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A new cryptic species of pond turtle from southern Italy, the hottest spot in the range of the genus <i>Emys</i> (Reptilia, Testudines, Emydidae)

Uwe Fritz, Tiziano Fattizzo, Daniela Guicking et al. · Zoologica Scripta · 2005 · 112 citations

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Size at male maturity, sexing methods and adult sex ratio in loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) from Italian waters investigated through tail measurements

Paolo Casale, Daniela Freggi, Roberto Basso et al. · CINECA IRIS Institutial research information system (University of Pisa) · 2005 · 106 citations

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Kinematics and functional morphology of aquatic feeding in Australian snake-necked turtles (Pleurodira;Chelodina)

Peter Aerts · Journal of Morphology · 1997 · 105 citations

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Authors

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  1. PL
    Patrick Lemell

    Vienna Challenge Chamber, Austria

    6 publications · 212 citations

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  2. JW
    Josef Weisgram

    University of Vienna, Austria

    6 publications · 212 citations

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  3. RW
    Richard W. Blob

    Clemson University, United States

    6 publications · 145 citations

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  4. CJ
    Christian Josef Beisser

    University of Vienna, Austria

    5 publications · 140 citations

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  5. GR
    Gabriel Rivera

    Clemson University, United States

    5 publications · 219 citations

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Institutions

245

  1. Clemson University

    Clemson, United States

    8 h-index

    17 publications

    478 citations

  2. University of Vienna

    Vienna, Austria

    6 h-index

    25 publications

    786 citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    314 citations

  4. University of Antwerp

    Antwerp, Belgium

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    468 citations

  5. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

    Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    337 citations

  6. American Museum of Natural History

    New York, United States

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    164 citations

  7. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    133 citations

  8. University of Tübingen

    Tübingen, Germany

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    173 citations

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Venues

  1. Copeia

    13 publications · 355 citations

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  2. Journal of Herpetology

    10 publications · 272 citations

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  3. Journal of Morphology

    9 publications · 367 citations

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  4. Chelonian Conservation and Biology

    7 publications · 198 citations

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  5. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

    6 publications · 263 citations

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