Temporal, spatial, and body size effects on growth rates of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the Northwest Atlantic

Marine Biology

Volumn 160, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2711-2721

  Bjorndal, Karen A ^a   Schroeder, Barbara A ^b   Foley, Allen M ^c   Witherington, Blair E ^a,c,d   Bresette, Michael ^d   Clark, David ^d   Herren, Richard M ^d   Arendt, Michael D ^e   Schmid, Jeffrey R ^f   Meylan, Anne B ^c,g   Meylan, Peter A ^g,h   Provancha, Jane A ⁱ   Hart, Kristen M ^j   Lamont, Margaret M ^a   Carthy, Raymond R ^a   Bolten, Alan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^c FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Inwater Research Group Inc   (United States)

^e SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^f Environmental Science Division   (United States)

^g SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^h ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

ⁱ KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^j U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; NESTING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL MATURITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84884673302     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-013-2264-y     Document Type: Article

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