Comparative skeletochronological analysis of Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) and loggerhead (Caretta caretta) humeri and scleral ossicles

Marine Biology

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1309-1317

  Avens, Larisa ^a   Goshe, Lisa R ^a  

^a NOAA Fisheries   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; TURTLE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; LEPIDOCHELYS KEMPII; TESTUDINES;

EID: 35348871205     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-007-0779-9     Document Type: Article

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