Long-Distance Displacement of a Juvenile Alligator by Hurricane Ike

Ruth M. Elsey; Chelsea Aldrich

doi:10.1656/058.008.0416

We can help you reset your password using the email address linked to your BioOne Complete account.

Registered users receive a variety of benefits including the ability to customize email alerts, create favorite journals list, and save searches. Please note that a BioOne web account does not automatically grant access to full-text content. An institutional or society member subscription is required to view non-Open Access content. Contact helpdesk@bioone.org with any questions.

All Fields are Required

First Name

Last/Family Name

Password

Password Requirements: Minimum 8 characters, must include as least one uppercase, one lowercase letter, and one number or permitted symbol Valid Symbols for password:
~ Tilde
! Exclamation Mark
@ At sign
$ Dollar sign
^ Caret
( Opening Parenthesis
) Closing Parenthesis
_ Underscore
. Period

Confirm Password

Web Account created successfully

Ruth M. Elsey,^1,* Chelsea Aldrich²

¹1Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge 5476 Grand Chenier High
²2US Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Padre Island National Seashore, PO Box 181300

^*Corresponding author - relsey@wlf.louisiana.gov.

Abstract

When Hurricane Ike made landfall near Galveston, Texas on 13 September 2008, massive debris piles were formed onshore along coastal Louisiana and Texas. A live juvenile Alligator mississippiensis (American Alligator) was found on 28 September amongst debris on the beach at Padre Island National Seashore; this alligator had been marked (web tags and tail notches) and released in Johnson's Bayou, LA six weeks prior to the hurricane. We believe it was swept away from coastal Louisiana by the hurricane's storm surge and displaced some 489 km from its release site. To our knowledge, this is a record displacement for an American Alligator and demonstrates the resiliency of this species.

Citation Download Citation

Ruth M. Elsey and Chelsea Aldrich "Long-Distance Displacement of a Juvenile Alligator by Hurricane Ike," Southeastern Naturalist 8(4), 746-749, (1 December 2009). https://doi.org/10.1656/058.008.0416

Published: 1 December 2009

You currently do not have any folders to save your paper to! Create a new folder below.

Include:

Citation Only

Citation & Abstract

Format:

RIS

EndNote

BibTex

KEYWORDS/PHRASES

PUBLICATION TITLE:

COLLECTION TITLE:

PUBLICATION YEARS