In this space, we make available some of the preliminary results of our analyses. We will make copies of our more polished findings available here as we begin to publish the results in peer-reviewed, scientific journals (for example). Graphs, figures, and tables from student research and presentations will also be posted here as they become available.

We will update our capture totals on a weekly basis.

As of 18 September 2002, the U-TERP team has recorded

1,233 captures

of

914 individual turtles

Trapping began on 18 September 2001. There was a 5 month trapping hiatus between 29 October 2001 and 8 April 2002. We will submit a manuscript to the Indiana Academy of Sciences in fall 2002 that describes the Central Canal turtle community.

total individuals to date (13 August 2002)

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total captures to date (13 August 2002)

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Here's a peek at what we are finding out about leeches on the turtles in the canal...we will be submitting the results of our descriptive study and experimental investigation to the Journal of Herpetology in the fall of 2002.

Leeches colonize musk turtles far more readily than they do similar sized map turtles.