Growth rates and age at adult size of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the Mediterranean Sea, estimated through capture-mark-recapture records;Tasas de crecimiento y talla a la edad adulta de la tortuga boba (Caretta caretta) en el mar Mediterráneo, estimada a través de registros de captura-marcaje-recaptura

Scientia Marina

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 589-595

  Casale, Paolo ^a   Mazaris, Antonios D ^b   Freggi, Daniela ^c   Vallini, Carola ^d   Argano, Roberto ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c Sea Turtle Rescue Centre WWF Italy   (Italy)

^d ARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capture mark recapture; Growth rate; Loggerhead sea turtle; Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MODELING; SIZE AT MATURITY; TURTLE; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 70249130558     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 18868134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2009.73n3589     Document Type: Article

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