Estimates of age and growth in a population of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) from the Indian River lagoon system, Florida: A skeletochronological analysis

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1497-1506

  Zug, George R ^a   Glor, Richard E ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; TURTLE;

FLORIDA; INDIAN RIVER; UNITED STATES;

CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; EMYDIDAE; MYDAS; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032465260     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z98-090     Document Type: Article

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