Somatic growth rates for a hawksbill turtle population in coral reef habitat around Barbados

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 432, Issue , 2011, Pages 269-276

  Krueger, Barry H ^a   Chaloupka, Milani Y ^b   Leighton, Patrick A ^c   Dunn, Jennifer A ^a,d   Horrocks, Julia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barbados; Density dependent effect; Developmental habitat; Eretmochelys imbricata; Foraging ground; Generalized additive mixed model; Growth rate modelling

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BREEDING SITE; CORAL REEF; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DIET; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT QUALITY; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; SAMPLING; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TURTLE;

BARBADOS;

ANTHOZOA; CHELONIIDAE; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 79959717486     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09125     Document Type: Article

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