Robust statistical modelling of hawksbill sea turtle growth rates (southern Great Barrier Reef)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 146, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 1-8

  Chaloupka, M Y ^a   Limpus, C J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Great Barrier Reef; Hawksbill turtles; Nonparametric regression; Somatic growth

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; HAWKSBILL SEA TURTLE; STATISTICAL MODELLING;

AUSTRALIA, GREAT BARRIER REEF; CORAL SEA, GREAT BARRIER REEF;

ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA;

EID: 0030621048     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps146001     Document Type: Article

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