Population characteristics, age structure, and growth dynamics of neritic juvenile green turtles in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 458, Issue , 2012, Pages 213-229

  Avens, Larisa ^a   Goshe, Lisa R ^a   Harms, Craig A ^b   Anderson, Eric T ^b   Hall, April Goodman ^a   Cluse, Wendy M ^c   Godfrey, Matthew H ^c   McNeill, Joanne Braun ^a   Stacy, Brian ^d   Bailey, Rhonda ^e   Lamont, Margaret M ^f  

^a NOAA Fisheries   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission   (United States)

^d University of Florida   (United States)

^e FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chelonia mydas; Cold stun; Florida; Sea turtle; Sex ratio; Skeletochronology; St. Joseph Bay

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BODY CONDITION; CHRONOLOGY; DISEASE INCIDENCE; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION MODELING; SEX RATIO; SKELETON; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GULF OF MEXICO; SAINT JOSEPH BAY; UNITED STATES;

CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84863597928     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09720     Document Type: Article

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