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Green sea turtle age, growth, and population characteristics in St. Joseph Bay, Florida from 1998 to 2010 (NCEI Accession 0159273)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: August 03, 2026 at 02:54 AM | Dataset Last Updated: January 23, 2017 at 12:00 AM
This data set contains morphology, sex ratio, body condition, disease status, age structure, and growth patterns of 448 green sea turtles cold stunned in St. Joseph Bay, Florida during 2010.

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0159273 ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - AGE biological data REPTILES calipers scale laboratory analyses NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center

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