Estimation of age at maturation and growth of Atlantic green turtles (Chelonia mydas) using skeletochronology

Marine Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1725-1740

  Goshe, Lisa R ^a   Avens, Larisa ^a   Scharf, Frederick S ^b   Southwood, Amanda L ^b  

^a NOAA Fisheries   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; AGE DETERMINATION; CHRONOLOGY; COASTAL WATER; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEEDING GROUND; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; MATURATION; SKELETON; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

CHELONIA MYDAS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77954487860     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-010-1446-0     Document Type: Article

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