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Adult loggerhead turtle size, age, stage duration

Published by Southeast Fisheries Science Center | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: May 05, 2026 at 05:00 PM | Dataset Last Updated: January 01, 2016 at 12:00 AM
This study involves analysis of skeletal growth marks in humerus bones of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) ranging from hatchling to adult stranded dead along either the US Atlantic coast (n = 313) or US Gulf of America coast (n = 123) and provides age and growth rate estimates.

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