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Growth and Survival of Wild and Head-Started Blanding's Turtles (Emydoidea blandingii)

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Golba, Callie Klatt, Glowacki, Gary A., King, Richard B. (2022): Growth and Survival of Wild and Head-Started Blanding's Turtles (Emydoidea blandingii). Ichthyology & Herpetology 110 (2): 378-387, DOI: 10.1643/h2021005, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1643/h2021005

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