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Title: USE OF KNOWN INDIVIDUAL MARKING IN RESEARCH AND MONITORING OF FRESHWATER TURTLE POPULATIONS
Authors: Cunha, Fabio
Ândrade, Marcelo
Keywords: conservation;reptiles;tag;Podocnemis
Issue Date: 2024
Publisher: ResearchGate
Abstract: The 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.
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metadata.dc.localofdeposit: https://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
URI: https://repositorio.icmbio.gov.br/handle/cecav/2338
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