Age and growth of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) of Coastal Georgia: An assessment of skeletochronological age-estimates

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 287-304

  Parham, James F ^a   Zug, George R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; TURTLE;

UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031291237     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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