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== Snapping Turtle Research==
 
== Snapping Turtle Research==
  
[[Image:Ograbme.jpg|thumb|left|''Ograbme the Snapping Turtle.'' More vicious than all other snapping turtles. Crittercammers beware!]]
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[[Image:Ograbme.jpg|thumb|right|''Ograbme the Snapping Turtle.'' More vicious than all other snapping turtles. Crittercammers beware!]]
  
 
I am a second-semester Honors sophomore in EEB, and I work with Tobias Landberg on a research project concerning snapping turtles based on footage from Crittercam (see the [[snapping turtle research team]] page for more info). Also, for more information on Crittercam itself, visit http://www.nationalgeographic.com/crittercam/  There's a lot to learn from the endless hours of footage collected, and I hope to have some solid conclusions soon.  
 
I am a second-semester Honors sophomore in EEB, and I work with Tobias Landberg on a research project concerning snapping turtles based on footage from Crittercam (see the [[snapping turtle research team]] page for more info). Also, for more information on Crittercam itself, visit http://www.nationalgeographic.com/crittercam/  There's a lot to learn from the endless hours of footage collected, and I hope to have some solid conclusions soon.  

Revision as of 18:57, 5 November 2008

Snapping Turtle Research

Ograbme the Snapping Turtle. More vicious than all other snapping turtles. Crittercammers beware!

I am a second-semester Honors sophomore in EEB, and I work with Tobias Landberg on a research project concerning snapping turtles based on footage from Crittercam (see the snapping turtle research team page for more info). Also, for more information on Crittercam itself, visit http://www.nationalgeographic.com/crittercam/ There's a lot to learn from the endless hours of footage collected, and I hope to have some solid conclusions soon.

Still working. Photo Credit Tobias Landberg

Right now, I've finished analyzing breathing rates for Jawless and Lafayette, as well as my locomotion research with the Snippy data (which means I'm about to start the Jawless/Lafayette data for locomotion). Among the topics I have studied or intend during my research are:

  • Breathing rate
  • Locomotion
  • Interspecific interactions
  • Surfacing location regularity

So far, my analysis has only been finished for breathing and dive duration, between which I have found strong positive trends (for both the dive before, and after, a breath). Currently, I am hoping to analyze locomotion as a factor potentially influencing breath and dive duration, as well as its other potential implications.


Labirintus3.jpg Questions? Comments? Please reach me at colin.carlson@uconn.edu