Gabriel Rivera
Creighton University
23 Papers
55 Citations
Gabriel Rivera is an academic researcher from Creighton University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biology & Fluctuating asymmetry. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 22 publications. Previous affiliations of Gabriel Rivera include Florida State University College of Arts and Sciences & Clemson University.
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Papers
Aquatic turning performance of painted turtles (Chrysemys picta) and functional consequences of a rigid body design.
TL;DR: The maneuverability of turtles is similar to that recorded previously for rigidbodied boxfish, however, several morphological features of turtles appear to increase agility relative to the body design of boxfish.
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Finite element modeling of shell shape in the freshwater turtle Pseudemys concinna reveals a trade-off between mechanical strength and hydrodynamic efficiency.
TL;DR: It is concluded that, despite the potential for many‐to‐one mapping of shell shape onto strength, P. concinna experiences a trade‐off in shell shape between hydrodynamic and mechanical performance, which may be evident in many other turtle species or any other aquatic species that also depend on a shell for defense.
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Mechanical properties of the integument of the common gartersnake, Thamnophis sirtalis (Serpentes: Colubridae)
TL;DR: Examination of mechanical properties of skin along the body axis in Thamnophis sirtalis shows prepyloric skin is more compliant than postpyloricSkin, consistent with the demands of macrophagy, is examined.
A Phylogenetic Analysis of Sexual Size Dimorphism in Turtles
TL;DR: The phylogenetic distribution of SSD in turtles indicated that the ancestral condition for extant turtles was female-biased SSD, and changes in SSD state were not correlated with changes in habitat preference.
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Repeatability of Habitat-Associated Divergence in Shell Shape of Turtles
TL;DR: The findings demonstrate that the effects of flow are not limited to fully-aquatic vertebrates, and provide evidence of the ability of flow to drive repeatable phenotypic divergence in tetrapods.
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