Validation and interpretation of annual skeletal marks in loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) sea turtles

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 682-692

  Snover, Melissa L ^a,b   Hohn, Aleta A ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Pac Fish Environmental Laboratory   (United States)

^c SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; GROWTH; SKELETON; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; LEPIDOCHELYS KEMPI; LEPIDOCHELYS KEMPII; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 7244240782     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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