Age and growth in wild Kemp's ridley seaturtles Lepidochelys kempii from skeletochronological data

Biological Conservation

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 261-268

  Zug, George R ^a   Kalb, Heather J ^b   Luzar, Stephen J ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUGSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

age; Cheloniidae; growth; Lepidochelys; sexual maturity

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOCHELYS KEMPI; LEPIDOCHELYS KEMPII;

AGE; AGE ESTIMATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; KEMP'S RIDLEY; REPTILES; SEA TURTLES; SEXUAL MATURITY; SKELETOCHRONOLOGICAL DATA; SKELETOCHRONOLOGY;

USA, ATLANTIC COAST; USA, GULF COAST;

EID: 0030617772     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(96)00143-7     Document Type: Article

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