id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_sv2wot3ifzfwhabkwu3eiw46vm Suzanne E. McGaugh Color Variation among Habitat Types in the Spiny Softshell Turtles (Trionychidae: Apalone) of Cuatrociénegas, Coahuila, Mexico 2008.0 7 .pdf application/pdf 4774 390 62 Color Variation among Habitat Types in the Spiny Softshell Turtles Variable carapace and plastron coloration across three habitat types were investigated in the Black Softshell Turtle, Apalone spinifera atra, by measuring individual components of the types, but blue values differed only between the playa lakes and lagoons. indicating a positive association of carapace and habitat substrate color components. ground color RGB channels showed no significant differences between habitat types and no significant Past studies that have evaluated the relationship between carapace color and habitat type Statistical Analysis.—To test for habitat structuring in color components, data were transformed for normality (verified through ShapiroWilks tests). significant factor for carapace color components to determine which habitat types were significantly different for certain color components. habitat types for all carapace color components habitat structuring of plastron color components was observed (F2, 54 , 1.90, P . of carapace but not plastron, color components ./cache/work_sv2wot3ifzfwhabkwu3eiw46vm.pdf ./txt/work_sv2wot3ifzfwhabkwu3eiw46vm.txt