Estimating the age of juvenile loggerhead sea turtles in the North Atlantic


Autoria(s): Hays, G.C.; Marsh, R.
Data(s)

01/01/1997

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.

Identificador

http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30058275

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

NRC Research Press

Relação

http://doi.org/10.1139/z97-005

Direitos

1997, NRC Research Press

Tipo

Journal Article