Some North American Turtles and Their Epizoophytic Algae
Some North American Turtles and Their Epizoophytic Algae
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一些北美海龟及其表生藻类
DOI：
10.2307/1931336
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发表时间：
1953
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影响因子：
4.8
通讯作者：
L. H. Tiffany
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作者：
Richard A. Edgreen;M. Edgren;L. H. Tiffany
海龟的甲壳上偶尔会长出某种藻类，这是许多人，无论是科学家还是外行人都知道的事实；几乎没有人没有听说过“苔藓龟”，而且“苔藓龟”这个词已经融入了我们的语言。鉴于对这种现象的广泛熟悉，值得注意的是，无论是生理学家还是爬虫学家，显然从未对这种有趣的关系进行过系统的研究。在本研究的准备工作中，已经审查了许多提到附生藻类（或“苔藓”）的爬虫学论文；其中只有三个（Evermann and Clark 1916; Lagler 1943; Walker, Green and Jones 1953）给出了藻类的一般测定。最近关于北美龟的两本主要著作（Pope 1939; Carr 1952）都没有给出这种关系。在11部注意到海龟身上有藻类的爬行动物著作中，有4部涉及麝香龟（Sterno therus odorat us Latreille）， 7部涉及鳄龟（Chelydra serpentina Linnaeus）；一种是绘龟，一种是绘龟；还有一只布兰丁龟，艾米斯·布兰丁·霍尔布鲁克（卡尔，1940年；科南特，1938年；拉格勒，1943年；波普，1939年；卡恩，1937年；鲁斯文，汤普森和汤普森，1912年；布林姆）
That certain algae occasionally grow on the carapaces of turtles is a fact wellknown to many persons, scientists and laymen alike; hardly a person has not heard of "mossback" turtles, and the term "mossback" has been incorporated into our language. In view of the wide familiarity with the phenomenon it is remarkable that there apparently never has been a systematic study of this interesting relationship, either on the part of the phycologists or the herpetologists. In the preparation of the present study many herpetological papers that mention epizo6phytic algae (or "moss") have been examined; only three of these (Evermann and Clark 1916; Lagler 1943; Walker, Green and Jones 1953) even give generic determinations of the algae. Neither of the two recent major works on North American turtles (Pope 1939; Carr 1952) gives this relationship more than passing remarks. Of eleven herpetological works which note the presence of algae on turtles, four involve the musk turtle, Sterno therus odorat us Latreille, seven the snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina Linnaeus; one the painted turtle, Chrysemys picta Schneider; and one Blanding's turtle, EmMYs blandingii Holbrook (Carr 1940; Conant 1938; Lagler 1943; Pope 1939; Cahn 1937; Ruthven, Thompson and Thompson 1912; Brim-