Comparative Growth Rates of Wild Immature Chelonia mydas and Caretta caretta in Florida
Mendonca MT. 1981. Comparative Growth Rates of Wild Immature Chelonia mydas and Caretta caretta in Florida. Journal of Herpetology. 15(4):447-451
Most studies of sea turtles have focused on the reproductive biology of adult females, an important but limited segment of sea turtle life history. The immature stages have long been neglected, primarily because of the difficulty involved in capturing young animals. Yet the study of these stages is important in determining such population characteristics as growth rate and age of maturity in the wild
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- Journal Article
- Authors
- Mendonca, Mary
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- SFCN
- Keywords
- age development, captive growth data, Growth, maturity status, reproductive biology, sea turtle life cycle, Sex