Age and growth in olive ridley seaturtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) from the North-central Pacific: A skeletochronological analysis

Marine Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 263-270

  Zug, George R ^a   Chaloupka, Milani ^b   Balazs, George H ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Cheloniidae, Lepidochelys olivacea; Growth; Humeral skeletal anatomy; Non parametric smoothing; North Pacific Ocean; Reptilia; Seaturtle growth modeling; Skeletochronology; Testudines

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BODY SIZE; CHRONOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; GROWTH RATE; SEXUAL MATURITY; TURTLE;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

CHELONIIDAE; LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33749344702     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2006.00109.x     Document Type: Article

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