Hawksbill sea turtle life-stage durations, somatic growth patterns, and age at maturation
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An analysis of the growth based on the size and age distributions of the hawksbill sea turtle inhabiting Cuban waters.
The first costal scute (C 1) collected from 2, 749 hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) captured in Cuban waters in 1993 and 1994 were analyzed to determine their body size and age distributions. The C 1 width (C 1 W) was converted to the straight carapace length (SCL) using a formula, SCL = 4.3527 (C 1 W)0.8484, to examine its body size distribution. The SCL ranged from 51.3 to 96.1 cm wi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Endangered Species Research
سال: 2021
ISSN: 1863-5407,1613-4796
DOI: 10.3354/esr01123