Green turtle somatic growth dynamics in a spatially disjunct Great Barrier Reef metapopulation

Coral Reefs

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 325-335

  Chaloupka, Milani ^a   Limpus, Colin ^b   Miller, Jeffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chelonia mydas; Great Barrier Reef; Green sea turtle; Nonparametric regression modeling; Somatic growth; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH; SPATIAL VARIATION; TURTLE;

ALGAE; CHELONIA (GENUS); CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; HALOPHILA; MYDAS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 4944236401     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-004-0387-9     Document Type: Article

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