Abstract
Abstract Middle Findley Lake, a small watershed located on the Turnbull Wildlife Refuge in Washington, dried up late in the summers of 1987 and 1988. Water remained in the lake in 1989. Population size of the western painted turtle (Chrysemys picta belli) decreased by approximately 70 percent following two years drought, with indications that both mortality and emigration contributed to this reduction. Growth of individual turtles was markedly suppressed during the second drought year when compared to the first year of recovery, but not to the point that the average sizes of cohorts were affected.
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