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Alligator mississippiensis

AMERICAN ALLIGATOR

   

ABBOTT, M. J. (1986) Ocala National Forest, Ocala Wildlife Management Area, annual report 1985–86. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Ocala, Florida, USA.

 

ABERCROMBIE, C. L., III (1989) Population dynamics of the American alligator. Pp. 1–16 in Crocodiles: their ecology, management, and conservation. IUCN Publication New Series, ISBN 2-88032-987-6, Gland, Switzerland.

 

ACKERMAN, D. (1991) The moon by whale light: and other adventures among bats, penguins, crocodilians, and whales. Random House, New York, New York, USA. 249 pp.

 

ADAMS, W. L (1978) Nuisance alligator control. Florida Wildlife 32(2):14–15.

 

ADAMS, S. E., SMITH, M. H. & BACCUS, R. (1980) Biochemical variation in the American alligator. Herpetologica, 36:289–296.

 

ADAMS, A., JR. (1985) A cattleman's backcountry Florida. University Presses of Florida, Boca Raton, Florida, USA. 48 pp.

 

ADAMS, WILLIAM R. PHD. & SHIVER, CARL, PHD (1993) The St. Augustine Alligator Farm: a centennial history. Southern Heritage Press, St. Augustine, Florida, USA. 37 pp.

 

ADAMS, WILLIAM R. PHD. & SHIVER, CARL, PHD (2005) The St. Augustine Alligator Farm: A Complete History [Revised Edition]. St. Augustine Alligator Farm, 40 pp.

 

ADDISON, B. (1997) Haines City Ag Department continues alligator aquaculture project. Gatortales, The American Alligator News Magazine, 5(1):7.

 

ADRIAN, M. (1967) The American alligator. Hastings House, New York, New York, USA. 63 pp.

 

ALFLALO, F. G. (1907) Sunshine and sport in Florida and the West Indies. George W. Jacobs & Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. 272 pp.

 

ALBANESI, E. (2002) Alligator Farm combines learning with family fun. Floridagriculture 61(12):5, 20.

 

ALDERTON, DAVID A. (1991) Crocodiles and alligators of the world. Facts on File, New York, New York, USA. 190 pp.

 

ALDERTON, DAVID A. (1991) Crocodiles & Alligators of the World. Blanford Reprint 1999: 190 pp .

 

ALEMAN, L. (2008) Florida's long tradition of alligator hunting. Florida Wildlife 61(5):44–45.

 

ALLEN, R. (____) Alligator farming. Ross Allen's Reptile Institute, Bulletin No. 44, Silver Springs, Florida, USA. 2 pp.

 

ALLEN, E. R. (1935) Some alligator secrets. Florida Conservator 1(10):10–11.

 

ALLEN, E. R. (1940) About Florida's alligators. Florida Game and Fish 1(6):7–9, 14.

 

ALLEN, E. R. (1942) Alligators and crocodiles. Florida Game and Fish 3(3):8–10.

 

ALLEN, E. R., and NEILL, W. T. (1949) Increasing abundance of the alligator in the eastern portion of its range. Herpetologica 5:109–112.

 

ALLEN, E. R. (1950) Ward's great blue heron and the alligator. Florida Naturalist 23:38–39.

 

ALLEN, E. R. (1951) Here's how to get along with reptiles. Florida Wildlife 4(9):6–8, 20–22.

 

ALLEN, E. R., & NEILL, W. T. (1952) The American alligator. Florida Wildlife 6(5):8–9, 44.

 

ALLEN, E. R. (1953) Here's how to get along with reptiles. Florida Wildlife 7(5):11, 37, 40.

 

ALLEN, E. R., & NEILL, W. T. (1956) Some color abnormalities in crocodilians. Copeia, 1956:124.

 

ALLEN, E. R. (1966) Keep them alive. Fourth edition. Great Outdoors, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA. 100 pp.

 

ALLEN, R. (1969) Why save the alligator. Presented to Conservation 70s Inc. Environmental Legislative Workshop, Panel No. 4, Wildlife Resources, Homosassa Springs, Florida, USA. 5pp. [Printed by International Crocodilian Society, Silver Springs, Florida, USA.]

 

ALLEN, E. R. (1971) Pinni-poi as crocodilian food. International Crocodilian Society, Silver Springs, Florida, USA. 2 pp.

 

ALLEN, E. R. (1971) Artificial incubation of alligator eggs. International Crocodilian Society, Silver Springs, Florida, USA. 1 p.

 

ALLEN, C. R., RICE, K. G., WOJCIK, D. P. & PERCIVAL, H. F. (1997) Effect of red imported fire ant envenomization on neonatal American alligators. Journal of Herpetology 31:318–321.

 

ALLEN, C. R., LUTZ, R. S., & DEMARAIS, S. (1998) Ecological effects of the invasive nonindigenous ant, Solenopsis invicta, on native vertebrates: the wheels on the bus. Transactions of the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference 63:56–65.

 

ALLEN, J. (2000) Spatial and stage-structured models of American alligator populations in support of ATLSS. Page 51 (abstract) in Proceedings of the Greater Everglades Restoration (G.E.E.R.) Science Conference – "Defining Success," 11–15 December 2000, Naples, Florida, USA.

 

ALLIGATOR MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (2008) 2008 Statewide Alligator Harvest Training and Orientation Manual. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Division of Hunting and Game Management, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 43 pp.

 

ALLIGATOR MANAGEMENT SECTION (1993) 1993 Annual Report Alligator Management Program. Gatortales, The Florida Alligator Trapping Association Newsletter 1(2):1–2.

 

ALLIGATOR MANAGEMENT SECTION (2002) 2002 Public Waters Alligator Harvest Training and Orientation Manual. Bureau of Wildlife Resources, Division of Wildlife, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 39 pp.

 

ALLIN, R. W. (1967) Inadequate water supply threatens Everglades National Park. Parks and Recreation 2(10):37, 51–54.

 

AMERICAN ALLIGATOR FARMERS ASSOCIATION (1989.) Crocodilian congress: production & marketing stratigies [sic] for the 1990's. First Annual Crocodilian Congress, Tampa, Florida, USA. 147pp.

 

ANDERSON, E. C. (1977) The diary of Master Edward C. Anderson, United States Navy. Pages 13–68 in W. S. Hoole, editor, Florida Territory in 1844, University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA.

 

ANDERSON, R. (1985) Guide to Florida alligator and crocodile. Winner Enterprises, USA. 56 pp.

 

ANDERSON, J. N. (1996) Nesting environment effects on American alligator egg viability. Non-Thesis Master's, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.

 

ANDREWS, G. E. (1931) Alligator hunting. Outdoor Life 68(3):69–70.

 

ANONYMOUS (1891) The Alligator Hunters of Louisiana. The Century Magazine.

 

ANOYNMOUS (___) American Alligator. Savannah River Ecology Laboratory. http://www.srel.edu/outreach/factsheet/AlligatorBrochure.pdf

 

ANONYMOUS (1995) Cites Identification Guide – Crocodilians: Guide to the Identification of Crocodilian Species Controlled Under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna & Flora. Minister of Supply and Services Canada: 148 pp.

 

ANONYMOUS (2006) Living with Alligators. Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission: Brochure. http://myfwc.com/docs/WildlifeHabitats/AlligatorBrochure.pdf

 

ANONYMOUS (2009) Unwary tourists become alligator victims. Reptilia (GB). (67): 2.

 

ARBOUR, W. DAVID & BASTARACHE, ROBERT (2006) First Confirmed Record of American Alligator Nesting in Oklahoma. Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Sciences. 86: pp. 89-90. http://www.cnah.org/pdf_files/922.pdf

 

ARMAND, JENNIFER B. & JAMES, ROSEMARY (1994) Louisiana's Amazing White Alligators. Louisiana Environmentalist Magazine Online. http://www.leeric.lsu.edu/le/cover/lead014.htm

 

ASSOCIATION OF ZOOS & AQUARIUMS [VARIOUS] (2006) Crocodilian Biology & Captive Management. American Zoo & Aquarium Association: 500+ pp .

 

BARDSLEY, W. G., ACKERMAN, R. A., BUKHARI, N. A. S., DEEMING, D. C. & FERGUSON, M. W. J. (1995) Mathematical models for growth in alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) embryos developing at different incubation temperatures. J. Anat.187, pp. 181-190. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1167361/pdf/janat00129-0173.pdf

 

BARE, COLLEEN STANLEY (1989) Never Kiss an Alligator; Puffin Books: 28 pp

 

BARGER, T. A., SILLS-MCMURRY, C., DICKERSON, R. L., RHODES, W. E. & COBB, G. P. (1999)  Relative distribution of polychlorinated biphenyls among tissues of neonatal American Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 37:364-368. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10473793

 

BARKLEY, S. (1998) The American Alligator. Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, Little Rock Arkansas. http://www.agfc.com/resources/Publications/alligator_factsheet.pdf

 

BEARD, D.B. (1938) Everglades National Park Project: Wildlife Reconnaissance. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington D.C.

 

BEHLER, JOHN L. & BEHLER, DEBORAH A. (1998) Alligators & Crocodiles. Voyageur Press: 72 pp.

 

BEHLER, J. L. & KING, F. W. (1979)  The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles and Amphibians. Knopf, New York.

 

BOTHWELL, DICK (1962) The Great Outdoors Book of Alligators and Other Crocodilia. Great Outdoors Publishing Company. Reprint 1981: pp 1-88.

 

BRISBIN, I. LEHR JR. (1982) Applied Ecological Studies of the American Alligator at the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory:  An Overview of Program Goals and Design. University of Georgia Savannah River Ecology Laboratory. http://www.uga.edu/srel/Reprint/0821.htm

 

BRISBIN, I. L., JR. (1986) Radiocesium levels in a population of American Alligators: a model for the study of environmental contaminants in free-living crocodiles. Proceedings of the 8th Working Meeting of the Crocodile Specialist Group of the Species Survival Commission of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Quito, Ecuador 60-73. Link

 

BROWN, D. R., SCHUMACHER, I. M., NOGUEIRA, M. F., RICHEY, L. J., ZACHER, L. A., SCHOEB, T. R., VLIET, K. A., BENNETT, R. A., JACOBSON, E. R., & BROWN, M. B. (2001) Detection of Antibodies to a Pathogenic Mycoplasma in American Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis), Broad-Nosed Caimans (Caiman latirostris), and Siamese Crocodiles (Crocodylus siamensis). American Society for Microbiology: 8 pp.

 

BURGER, J., GOCHFELD, M., ROONEY, A. A. ORLANDO, E. F., WOODWARD, A. R. & GUILETTE, L. J., JR. (2000) Metals and metalloids in tissues of American Alligators in three Florida lakes. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 38:501-508. http://www.springerlink.com/content/0l8t97n88xw1bh2h/


BUSBEY, A. B. (1989) Form and Function of the Feeding Apparatus of Alligator mississippiensis. J Morph 202: 99-127. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmor.1052020108/abstract

 

BUSK, MORTEN, OVERGAARD, JOHANNES, HICKS, JAMES W., BENNETT, ALBERT F. & WANG, TOBIAS (2000) Effects of feeding on arterial blood gases in the American alligator Alligator mississippiensis. Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol 203, Issue 20 3117-3124. http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/reprint/203/20/3117

 

CALDWELL, JOHN (2003) World Trade in Crocodilian Skins, 1999-2001. United Nations Environment Programme – World Conservation Monitoring Centre: 30 pp .

 

CALDWELL, JOHN (2004) World Trade in Crocodilian Skins, 2000-2002. United Nations Environment Programme – World Conservation Monitoring Centre: 38 pp .

 

CAMPBELL, GEORGE R. & WINTERBOTHAM, ANN L. (1985) Jaws Too! The Natural History of Crocodilians with Emphasis on Sanibel Island’s Alligators. Sutherland Publishing: I-VIII + 1-267 pp.

 

CAMPBELL, MARK. R. & MAZZOTTI, FRANK. J. (2004) Characterization of Natural and Artificial Alligator Holes. Southeastern Naturalist, 3(4):583–594. http://www.briarcliff.edu/departments/biol/BIOL%2052IR/i1528-7092-3-4-583.pdf

 

CAMUS, C., MITCHELL, M. M. WILLIAMS, J. F. & JOWETT, P. L. (1998) Elevated lead levels in farmed American Alligators Alligator mississippiensis consuming Nutria myocastor coypus meat contaminated by lead bullets. J. World Aquacult. Soc. 29:370-376. http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bioeco/amallig.htm

 

CARPENTER, C.D.H. (1928) Can Crocodiles swallow their food under water? Nature (Lond.) 122:15

 

CHIASSON, ROBERT B. (1962) Laboratory Anatomy of the Alligator. Wm. C. Brown Company: 56 pp .

 

COBB, G. P., BARGAR, T. A., PEPPER, C. B., NORMAN, D. M., HOULIS, PATTIE D. & ANDERSON, TODD A. (2003) Using Chorioallantoic Membranes for Non-lethal Assessment of Persistent Organic Pollutant Exposure and Effect in Oviparous Wildlife. Ecotoxicology, 12:1-4, pp. 31-45.

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COBB, G. P., WOOD, P. T., O’QUINN, M. (1997) Polychlorinated biphenyls in eggs and chorioallantoic membranes of American Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) from coastal South Carolina. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 16:1456-1462. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/etc.5620160719/abstract

 

COLLINS, JOSEPH T. & TAGGART, TRAVIS W. (2009) Standard Common and Current Scientific Names for North American Amphibians, Turtles, Reptiles and Crocodilians, Sixth Edition. I-IV + 44 pp.

 

CONANT, R. & COLLINS, J. T. (1998)  A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians Eastern and Central North America.  Third Edition, Expanded. Houghton Mifflin Company, New York.

 

CRAIGHEAD, F. C., SR. (1968) The role of the alligator in shaping plant communities and maintaining wildlife in the Southern Everglades. Florida Naturalist, 41:2-7, p. 69-74.

 

CRAIN, D. A., GUILETTE, L. J., ROONEY, A.A. & PICKFORD, D. B. (1997) Alterations in steroidogenesis in alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) exposed naturally and experimentally to environmental contaminants. Environ. Health Perspect. 105:528-533. http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/members/1997/105-5/crain-full.html

 

CRAIN, D. A., GUILETTE, L. J. JR., PICKFORD, D. B., PERCIVAL, D. B. & WOODWARD, A. (1998)  Sex-steroid and thyroid hormone concentrations in juvenile alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) from contaminated and reference lakes in Florida. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 17:446-452. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/etc.5620170315/abstract

 

DAVIS, LISA M., GLENN, TRAVIS C., ELSEY, RUTH M., DESSAUER, HERBERT C. & SAWYER, ROGER H. (2001)  Multiple paternity and mating patterns in the American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis. Molecular Ecology 10, 1011-1024. http://www.seaturtle.org/PDF/Davis_2001_MolecEcol.pdf

 

DAVIS, LISA M., GLENN, TRAVIS C., ELSEY, RUTH M., DESSAUER, HERBERT C. & SAWYER, ROGER H. (2001) Multiple paternity and mating patterns in the American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis. Molecular Ecology. Vol. 10, Issue 4, pp. 1011-1024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-294X.2001.01241.x

 

DAVIS, LISA M., GLENN, TRAVIS C., STRICKLAND, DENISE C. GUILETTE, LOUIS J, JR., ELSEY, RUTH M. RHODES, WALTER E., DESSAUER, HERBERT C. & SAWYER, ROGER H. (2002) Microsatellite DNA analyses support an east-west phylogeographic split of American Alligator populations. Journal of Experimental Zoology. 294: pp. 352-372. http://www.cnah.org/pdf_files/67.pdf

 

DEEMING, D. C. & FERGUSON, M. W. J. (1990) Morphometric analysis of embryonic development in Alligator mississippiensis, Crocodylus johnstoni and Crocodylus porosus. Journal of Zoology, 221:3, pp. 419-439, July 1990). http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1990.tb04011.x/abstract

 

DELANEY, MICHAEL F. & ABERCROMBIE, C. L. (1986) American Alligator Food Habits in Northcentral Florida. Journal of Wildlife Management 50(2) 348-353: 1 p. http://www.jstor.org/pss/3801926

 

DELANEY, M. F., BELL, J. U. & SUNDLOF, S. F. (1988) Concentrations of contaminants in muscle of the American Alligators in Florida USA. J. Wildl. Dis. 24:62-66. http://research.myfwc.com/engine/download_redirection_process.asp?file=88delany2_3801.pdf&objid=54839&dltype=publication

 

DELANEY, MICHAEL F., LINDA, STEPHEN B. & MOORE, CLINTON T. (1999) Diet and Condition of American Alligators in 4 Florida Lakes. Proc. Annu. Conf. Southeast Assoc. Fish & Wildl. Agencies 53: 375-389, 1p . http://research.myfwc.com/engine/download_redirection_process.asp?file=99delany2_1143.pdf&objid=54856&dltype=publication

 

DENNARD, DEBORAH (2003) Alligators and Crocodiles. NorthWord Press, 47 pp.

 

DIETER, CHRISTOPHER T. (2000) The Ultimate Guide to Crocodilians in Captivity. Armadillo Publishing Corp.: 105 pp.  

 

DIETER, CHRISTOPHER T. (2007) The Ultimate Guide to Crocodilians in Captivity (Revised Edition). The Crocodile Experience.

 

DINETS, VLADIMIR (2010) Nocturnal Behavior of American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) in the wild during the mating season. Herpetological Bulletin, No. 111 pp. 4-11. http://dinets.travel.ru/gatordancesabstract.htm

 

DOW, LESLIE (1990) Alligators and Crocodiles. Checkmark Books: 68 pp.

 
DUBOIS, DANIEL H. & GUILLETTE, LOUIS J. JR. (1992) Secretion of prostaglandin F²α and E² in vitro by the uterus of the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). Journal of Experimental Zoology. Vol. 264, Issue 3, pp. 253-260, Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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ELSEY, R. M., JOANEN, T. MCNEASE, L. & KINLER, N. (1992) Growth rates and body condition factors of Alligator mississippiensis in coastal Louisiana wetlands: A comparison of wild and farm-released juveniles. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology, 103 (4), pp. 667-672. Link

 

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FARMER, C. G. & CARRIER, D. R. (2000) Pelvic aspiration in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). Journal of Experimental Biology 203: 1671-1678. http://www.biology.utah.edu/farmer/publications%20pdf/2000%20JEB203,1679.pdf

 

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GIBBONS, WHIT, GREENE, JUDY & MILLS, TONY (2010) Alligators and Lizards from the Southeast. University of Georgia Press: 240 pp.

 

GIST, DANIEL H., BAGWILL, APRIL, LANCE, VALENTINE, SEVER, DAVID M. & ELSEY, RUTH M. (2008) Sperm storage in the oviduct of the American alligator. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology Vol. 309A Issue 10 pp. 581-587, Wiley-Liss, Inc. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jez.434

 

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GLENN, TRAVIS C., STATON, JOSEPH L., VU, ALEX T., DAVIS, LISA M., ALVARADO BREMER, JAIME R., RHODES, WALTER E., BRISBIN, I. LEHR, JR. & SAWYER, ROGER H. (2002) Low mitochondrial DNA variation among American Alligators and a novel non-coding region in crocodilians. Journal of Experimental Zoology. 294: pp. 312-324. http://www.cnah.org/pdf_files/56.pdf

 

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GUGGISBERG, C. A. W. (1972) Crocodiles: Their Natural History, Folklore and Conservation. Stackpole Books: 195 pp.

 

GUILETTE, LUIS J., JR., WOODWARD, ALLAN R.; YOU-XIANG, QUI; COX, M. CATHY; MATTER, JOHN, M.; & GROSS, TIMOTHY S. (1995) Formation and Regression of the Corpus Luteum of the American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis. Journal of Morphology 224:97-110: 14 pp.

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