Estimating the age of juvenile loggerhead sea turtles in the North Atlantic
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01/01/1997
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Resumo |
Analysis of previously published records shows that the modal size of juvenile loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) found around the United Kingdom (the area north of 49°N and east of 12°W) is a carapace length of 20.5 cm. These turtles are believed to originate from nesting beaches in North America (principally Florida). We estimated their trans-Atlantic drift time using data from satellite-tracked buoys and from a mathematical model and, hence, estimated that the modal age of these juvenile turtles was between 1.80 and 3.75 years. |
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eng |
Publicador |
NRC Research Press |
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http://doi.org/10.1139/z97-005 |
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1997, NRC Research Press |
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Journal Article |