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1 192 Anonymous. n.d. Cross Florida greenbelt state recreation and conservation area management plan. Volume IV. Report on biological issues. Report for Florida Department of Natural Resources and Canal Authority of State of Florida, University Planning Team, Department Landscape Architecture, College of Architecture, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 163pp.
2 7015 Aresco, M. J., and M. S. Gunzburger. 2004. Effects of large-scale sediment removal on herpetofauna in Florida wetlands. Journal of Herpetology 38:275–279.
3 10237 Atkinson, B. K. 2008. Comparative demography and habitat analyses of creek-dwelling musk turtles, Sternotherus m. minor x peltifer at Nokuse Plantation (Walton County, Florida). Page 9 (abstract) in Joint Annual Meeting of the Turtle Survival Alliance and IUCN Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 6th Annual Symposium on the Conservation and Biology of Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles, 17−20 September 2009, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
4 9497 Atkinson, B. K. 2009. Community ecology of creek-dwelling freshwater turtles at Nokuse Plantation, Florida. M.S. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 79pp.
5 9628 Atkinson, B. K., and M. E. Bernier. 2011. Diet of creek-dwelling loggerhead musk turtles (Sternotherus minor) and stinkpots (Sternotherus odoratus) in Northwest Florida. Pages 13−14 (abstract) in 9th Annual Symposium on the Conservation and Biology of Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles, Joint Annual Meeting of the Turtle Survival Alliance and IUCN Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group, 14−17 August 2011, Orlando, Florida, USA.
6 831 Bartlett, R. D. 1994. Florida's Chipola River—a nighttime herping foray. Tropical Fish Hobbyist 43(4):110–116, 118, 120–121.
7 891 Belkin, D. A. 1961. Anaerobic mechanisms in the diving of the loggerhead musk turtle, Sternothaerus minor. Dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 35pp.
8 896 Bels, V. L., and Y. J.-M. Crama. 1994. Quantitative analysis of the courtship and mating behavior in the loggerhead musk turtle Sternotherus minor (Reptilia: Kinosternidae) with comments on courtship behavior in turtles. Copeia 1994:676–684.
9 980 Berry, J. F. 1973. Ecological sympatry in the musk turtles Sternotherus odoratus and Sternotherus minor in northwest Florida. M.S. Thesis, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 91pp.
10 981 Berry, J. F. 1975. The population effects of ecological sympatry on musk turtles in northern Florida. Copeia 1975:692–700.
11 9365 Bourque, J. R. 2011. Sternotherus minor minor (loggerhead musk turtle). Diet. Herpetological Review 42:268−269.
12 10041 Brucks, E. 2010. The life history of the loggerhead musk turtle, Sternotherus minor, at Rainbow Run, Marion County, Florida. B.S. Thesis, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA. 41pp.
13 1352 Cantrell, C. E. 1964. Comparative hematology of some Florida turtles, with special reference to their habitat. M.S. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 50pp.
14 1408 Carr, A. F., Jr. 1940. A contribution to the herpetology of Florida. University of Florida Publications, Biological Sciences 3:1–118.
15 9386 Chapin, K. J., and P. A. Meylan. 2011. Turtle populations at a heavily used recreational site: Itchetucknee Springs State Park, Columbia County, Florida. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 6:51−60.
16 1596 Cooley, L. S. 1983. Winter food habits and factors influencing the winter diet of river otter in north Florida. M.S. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 51pp.
17 1639 Cox, W. A. 1978. Reproduction, growth, and life history strategies in the musk turtle (Sternotherus minor) in north Florida. Dissertation, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. 147pp.
18 1641 Cox, W. A., and K. R. Marion. 1976. Observations on female reproductive cycle of loggerhead musk turtle, Sternotherus minor minor, in a north Florida spring. Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science 47:136 (abstract).
19 1642 Cox, W. A., and K. R. Marion. 1977. Winter reproduction and multiple clutches in a spring-dwelling population of Sternotherus minor minor (Reptilia: Chelonia: Kinosternidae). ASB Bulletin 24:45 (abstract).
20 1643 Cox, W. A., and K. R. Marion. 1978. Observations on the female reproductive cycle, and associated phenomena in spring-dwelling populations of Sternotherus minor in north Florida. Herpetologica 34:20–33.
21 1644 Cox, W. A., and K. R. Marion. 1979. Growth in the musk turtle, Sternotherus minor, in a north Florida spring. ASB Bulletin 26:84 (abstract).
22 1645 Cox, W. A., and K. R. Marion. 1979. Population structure and survivorship in the musk turtle, Sternotherus minor, in a north Florida spring (Reptilia: Chelonia). ASB Bulletin 26:84 (abstract).
23 1640 Cox, W. A., J. B. Hazelrig, M. E. Turner, R. A. Angus, and K. R. Marion. 1991. A model for growth in the musk turtle, Sternotherus minor, in a north Florida spring. Copeia 1991:954–968.
24 1646 Cox, W. A., M. C. Nowak, and K. R. Marion. 1980. Observations on courtship and mating behavior in the musk turtle, Sternotherus minor. Journal of Herpetology 14:200–204.
25 1647 Cox, W. A., S. T. Wyatt, W. E. Wilhelm, and K. R. Marion. 1988. Infection of the turtle, Sternotherus minor, by the lung fluke, Heronimus mollis: incidence of infection and correlations to host life history and ecology in a Florida spring. Journal of Herpetology 22:488–490.
26 1714 Dampier, L. 2001. The loggerhead musk turtle—more than just a pretty face. Reptile & Amphibian Hobbyist 6(5):30–32, 34–35.
27 2265 Enge, K. M., and D. R. Foster. 1986. Sternotherus minor minor (loggerhead musk turtle). Size. Herpetological Review 17(1):25.
28 2298 Ernst, C. H., J. L. Miller, K. R. Marion, and W. A. Cox. 1988. Comparisons of shell morphology among turtles of the Kinosternon minor complex. American Midland Naturalist 120:282–288.
29 2309 Etchberger, C. R. 1984. The reproductive biology of Sternotherus minor minor (Reptilia: Testudines: Kinosternidae) from the southern part of its range in central Florida. M.S. Thesis, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA. 48pp.
30 2310 Etchberger, C. R. 1988. The reproductive biology of the male loggerhead musk turtle, Sternotherus minor minor, from the southern limit of its range in central Florida. Page 90 (abstract) in Proceedings of the Combined Meeting of the Herpetologists' League, American Elasmobranch Society, Early Life History Section of the American Fisheries Society, Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 24–29 June 1988, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
31 2311 Etchberger, C. R., and L. M. Ehrhart. 1987. The reproductive biology of the female loggerhead musk turtle, Sternotherus minor minor, from the southern part of its range in central Florida. Herpetologica 43:66–73.
32 2312 Etchberger, C. R., and R. H. Stovall. 1990. Seasonal variation in the testicular cycle of the loggerhead musk turtle, Sternotherus minor minor, from central Florida. Canadian Journal of Zoology 68:1071–1074.
33 2331 Ewert, M. A., and D. R. Jackson. 1994. Nesting ecology of the alligator snapping turtle (Macroclemys temminckii) along the lower Apalachicola River, Florida. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Nongame Wildlife Program Final Report, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 45pp.
34 2598 Gibbons, J. W., and G. W. Esch. 1970. Some intestinal parasites of the loggerhead musk turtle (Sternotherus minor). Journal of Herpetology 4(1–2):79–80.
35 2606 Giovanetto, L. A. 1992. Population ecology and relative abundance of sympatric freshwater turtles in the headwaters of two spring-fed rivers in western peninsular Florida. Dissertation, Florida Institute of Technology, Orlando, Florida, USA. 106pp.
36 2903 Hartmann, T. 1988. Florida herps: the loggerhead musk turtle, Sternotherus minor minor. Central Florida Herpetological Society Newsletter (June):10–12.
37 2985 Hensley, F. R. 1995. Sternotherus minor (loggerhead musk turtle). Foraging depth. Herpetological Review 26:99.
38 3090 Hollamby, S., D. Murphy, and C. A. Schiller. 2000. An epizootic of amoebiasis in a mixed species collection of juvenile tortoises. Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery 10:9–15.
39 8653 Hrycyshyn, G. E. 2007. Survival probabilities and density of four sympatric species of freshwater turtles in Florida. M.S. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 61pp.
40 3202 Iverson, J. B. 1974. Geographic variation in the musk turtle Sternothaerus minor (Agassiz). M.S. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 79pp.
41 3203 Iverson, J. B. 1977. Geographic variation in the musk turtle, Sternotherus minor. Copeia 1977:502–517.
42 3206 Iverson, J. B. 1977. Sternotherus minor (Agassiz). Loggerhead musk turtle. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 195.1–2.
43 3207 Iverson, J. B. 1978. Reproductive cycle of female loggerhead musk turtles (Sternotherus minor minor) in Florida. Herpetologica 34:33–39.
44 3212 Iverson, J. B. 1982. Biomass in turtle populations: a neglected subject. Oecologia (Berlin) 55:69–76.
45 3218 Iverson, J. B. 1998. Molecules, morphology, and mud turtle phylogenetics (Family Kinosternidae). Chelonian Conservation and Biology 3:113–117.
46 3227 Jackson, C. G., Jr. 1965. Carapace erosion in the loggerhead musk turtle, Sternotherus minor minor Agassiz. Herpetologica 20(4):279–281.
47 3229 Jackson, C. G., Jr. 1969. Agonistic behavior in Sternotherus minor minor Agassiz. Herpetologica 25:53–54.
48 3272 Jackson, D. R. 1997. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus minor minor (loggerhead musk turtle). Herpetological Review 28:94–95.
49 3275 Jackson, D. R. 2002. Survey of an important distributional gap in the Florida range of the river cooter and other freshwater turtles. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Final Report, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 27pp.
50 10357 Johnston, G. R., J. C. Mitchell, E. Suarez, T. Morris, G. A. Shemitz, P. L. Butt, and R. L. Knight. 2016. The Santa Fe River in northern Florida: effect of habitat heterogeneity on turtle populations. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 54:69−103.
51 3935 Marchand, L. J. 1942. A contribution to the knowledge of the natural history of certain freshwater turtles. M.S. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 113pp.
52 4220 Meshaka, W., and N. Gallo. 1990. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus minor (loggerhead musk turtle). Herpetological Review 21:95.
53 4293 Meylan, P. A., C. A. Stevens, M. E. Barnwell, and E. D. Dohm. 1992. Observations on the turtle community of Rainbow Run, Marion Co., Florida. Florida Scientist 55:219–228.
54 9542 Mitchell, J. C., and G. R. Johnston. 2012. Sternotherus minor minor (loggerhead musk turtle). Predation. Herpetological Review 41:128.
55 4388 Moler, P. E. 1994. Status of Florida's riverine turtles. Abstract in a symposium on the status and conservation of Florida turtles, 2–3 April 1994, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.
56 7439 Munscher, E. C., G. Hrycyshyn, B. J. Hauge, and B. P. Butterfield. 2005. Characteristics of the semi-aquatic turtle assemblage at Wekiwa Springs State Park. Abstract in Joint Meeting of the 21st Annual Meeting of the American Elasmobranch Society, 85th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 63rd Annual Meeting of the Herpetologists' League, and the 48th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles; 6–11 July 2005, Tampa, Florida, USA.
57 9631 Munscher, E., J. B. Hauge, J. MacDonald, E. Havens, and E. A. Kuhns. 2011. Population, survivorship, biomass, sex Ratios, and density of the freshwater aquatic turtle population at Wekiwa Springs State Park. Pages 42−43 (abstract) in 9th Annual Symposium on the Conservation and Biology of Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles, Joint Annual Meeting of the Turtle Survival Alliance and IUCN Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group, 14−17 August 2011, Orlando, Florida, USA.
58 4633 Neill, W. T., and E. R. Allen. 1954. Algae on turtles: some additional considerations. Ecology 35:581–584.
59 4687 Nicol, E. 1988. [No title] Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 8(26):3.
60 4755 Onorato, D. 1996. The growth rate and age distribution of Sternotherus minor at Rainbow Run, Florida. Journal of Herpetology 30:301–306.
61 9235 Pfaller, J. B., N. D. Herrera, P. M. Gignac, and G. M. Erickson. 2009. Ontogenetic scaling of cranial morphology and bite-force generation in the loggerhead musk turtle. Journal of Zoology 280:280–289.
62 9392 Pfaller, J. B., P. M. Gignac, and G. M. Erickson. 2011. Ontogenetic changes in jaw-muscle architecture facilitate durophagy in the turtle Sternotherus minor. Journal of Experimental Biology 214:1655−1667.
63 4998 Pritchard, P. C. H. 1999. Overview of the status of Florida turtles (take a thousand anecdotes and soon you have some real data). Abstract in G. L. Heinrich and P. A. Meylan, coordinators. A Second Symposium on the Status and Conservation of Florida Turtles and the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Gopher Tortoise Council, 8–11 October 1999, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.
64 7234 Rice, A. N. 2004. Diet and condition of American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) in three central Florida lakes. M.S. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 89pp.
65 5530 Snyder, N. F. R., and H. A. Snyder. 1971. Defenses of the Florida apple snail Pomacea paludosa. Behaviour 40:176–214.
66 5558 Stamm, D. 1994. The springs of Florida. Pineapple Press, Sarasota, Florida, USA. 112pp.
67 9655 Steen, D. A., M. Baragona, C. J. W. McClure, K. C. Jones, and L. L. Smith. 2012. Demography of a small population of loggerhead musk turtles (Sternotherus minor) in the panhandle of Florida. Florida Field Naturalist 40:47−55.
68 5628 Stevenson, D., and D. Crowe. 1992. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus minor minor (loggerhead musk turtle). Herpetological Review 23:88.
69 10653 Suarez, E., and J. D. Mays. 2019. Sternotherus minor minor (Agassiz 1857), eastern loggerhead musk turtle (loggerhead musk turtle). Pages 284–287 in K. L. Krysko, K. M. Enge, and P. E. Moler, editors. Amphibians and reptiles of Florida. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
70 5835 Tinkle, D. W. 1958. The systematics and ecology of the Sternothaerus carinatus complex (Testudinata, Chelydridae). Tulane Studies in Zoology 6:1–56.
71 6528 Walker, D., and J. C. Avise. 1998. Principles of phylogeography as illustrated by freshwater and terrestrial turtles in the southeastern United States. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 29:23–58.
72 10327 Walsh, T. J., and G. L. Heinrich. 2015. Red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus) predation of turtles in central Florida. Florida Field Naturalist 43:79–85.
73 6413 Wood, D. A. 1991. Legal accommodation of Florida's endangered species, threatened species and species of special concern. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 19pp.
74 8275 Zappalorti, R. T., and J. B. Iverson. 2006. Sternotherus minor – loggerhead musk turtle. Pages 197–206 in P. A. Meylan, editor. Biology and conservation of Florida turtles. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 3.
75 6530 Zug, G. R. 1963. Male genitalia in the systematics of turtles. M.S. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 39pp.
76 6399 Zug, G. R. 1986. Sternotherus Gray. Musk turtles. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 397.1–3.

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