USE OF KNOWN INDIVIDUAL MARKING IN RESEARCH AND MONITORING OF FRESHWATER TURTLE POPULATIONS

dc.citationMarcelo., C. F. Â. (2024). Use of known individual marking in research and monitoring of freshwater turtle populations -testing the method on south american species (testudines: podocnemididae). ResearchGate, 2024. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.14714
dc.contributor.authorCunha, Fabio
dc.contributor.authorÂndrade, Marcelo
dc.date.accessed2024-08-15
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-18T14:50:16Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractThe marking or tagging of turtles is a widely used to facilitate the monitoring of population demography, structure, and conservation of species. Even though they are used in many studies of turtle demography, the available methods are not very efficient, except for microchips (Passive Intergraded Transponder/PIT tags); however, the latter is too expensive to be used on a large scale. Here we present a viable, cost-effective tagging alternative that uses a durable plastic cattle tag and pin. Turtles in the genus Podocnemis were tagged in the Lower-Amazon region, west of the state of Pará, Amazon, Brazil. This method is highly recommended for future work on monitoring and population structure of large species of freshwater turtles. In addition to feasibility, it can be used in the form of citizen science, as the information can be obtained by laypeople and taken to researchers and conservationists. Resumen El marcado o marcaje de tortugas es un método ampliamente utilizado para facilitar el seguimiento de la demografía y estructura de las poblaciones y la conservación de las especies. Aunque se utilizan en muchos estudios de demografía de tortugas, los métodos disponibles no son muy eficaces, excepto los microchips (Passive Intergraded Transponder/PIT tags); sin embargo, estos últimos son demasiado caros para ser utilizados a gran escala. Aquí presentamos una alternativa de marcado viable y rentable que utiliza una marca de plástico duradera para ganado y un alfiler. Se marcaron tortugas del género Podocnemis en la región del Bajo Amazonas, al oeste del estado de Pará, Amazonas, Brasil. Este método es muy recomendable para futuros trabajos de seguimiento y estructura poblacional de grandes especies de tortugas dulceacuícolas. Además de su viabilidad, puede utilizarse en forma de ciencia ciudadana, ya que la información puede ser obtenida por profanos y llevada a investigadores y conservacionistas.
dc.event.ufDF
dc.identifier.urihttps://bdc.icmbio.gov.br/handle/cecav/2500
dc.language.isoen
dc.localofdeposithttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/382816955_USE_OF_KNOWN_INDIVIDUAL_MARKING_IN_RESEARCH_AND_MONITORING_OF_FRESHWATER_TURTLE_POPULATIONS_-TESTING_THE_METHOD_ON_SOUTH_AMERICAN_SPECIES_TESTUDINES_PODOCNEMIDIDAE
dc.number23
dc.publisherResearchGate
dc.subjectconservation
dc.subjectreptiles
dc.subjecttag
dc.subjectPodocnemis
dc.subtitleTESTING THE METHOD ON SOUTH AMERICAN SPECIES (TESTUDINES: PODOCNEMIDIDAE)
dc.titleUSE OF KNOWN INDIVIDUAL MARKING IN RESEARCH AND MONITORING OF FRESHWATER TURTLE POPULATIONS
dc.typeArtigo
dc.volume1

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