Age and growth of loggerhead sea turtles in southern Brazil

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 456, Issue , 2012, Pages 255-268

  Petitet, Roberta ^a   Secchi, Eduardo R ^a   Avens, Larisa ^b   Kinas, Paul G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b NOAA Fisheries   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Bayesian inference; Caretta caretta; Growth; Schnute's curve; Skeletochronology

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; AGE DETERMINATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ENERGY BALANCE; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); BRAZIL;

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84862233145     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09681     Document Type: Article

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