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TABLE 11.1
Estimated Stage Durations for Sea Turtles
Species
Method
Location
Stage/Size
Duration
(years)
Growth Function
Reference
N a
Loggerhead
Mark–recapture
SE U.S.
H–A/75 cm SCL
10–15
Linear
Mendonca, 1981
13 b
Mark–recapture
SE U.S.
H–A/74–92 cm SCL
12–30/30–47
von Bertalanffy/
logistic
Frazer and
Ehrhart, 1985
28 b
Mark–recapture
Bahamas
BJ/25–75 cm SCL
3–4
Direct measurement
Bjorndal and
Bolten, 1988
3
Mark–recapture
SE U.S.
BJ/50–75 cm SCL
15+
von Bertalanffy/
logistic
Henwood, 1987
118 c
Mark–recapture
Australia
H–A/93 cm CCL
35.9
von Bertalanffy
Frazer et al.,
1994
172 b
Mark–recapture
SE U.S.
BJ/45–75SCL
von Bertalanffy
Braun-McNeill
et al., in review
32
Mark–recapture
SE U.S.
BJ–A/49–90 cm
SCL
32
von Bertalanffy
NMFS, 2001
111
Length frequency
Azores
H–PJ/46–64 cm
CCL
6.5–11.5
von Bertalanffy
Bjorndal et al.,
2000b
1692
Length frequency
SE U.S.
BJ/46–87 cm CCL
20
von Bertalanffy
Bjorndal et al.,
2001
1234
Skeletochronology
SE U.S.
H–A/80–90 cm CCL
13–15
Age estimates
Zug et al., 1986
19 b
Skeletochronology
SE U.S.
H–A/92.5 cm SCL
22/26
von Bertalanffy/
logistic
Klinger and
Musick, 1995
83 b
Skeletochronology
Pacific
PJ/42 cm SCL
7.7–8.9
Estimated age
Zug et al., 1995
12
Skeletochronology
SE U.S.
H–A/92.4 cm SCL
20–24
von Bertalanffy
Parham and Zug,
1997
98 b
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