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TABLE 11.1 (continued)
Estimated Stage Durations for Sea Turtles
Species
Method
Location
Stage/Size
Duration
(years)
Growth Function
Reference
N a
Green
Mark–recapture
Australia
BJ/60–90 cm CCL
23
Estimated from
growth rates
Limpus and
Walter, 1980
40
Mark–recapture
SE U.S.
H–A
25–30
Linear
Mendonca, 1981
12 b
Mark–recapture
Pacific
BJ–A/35–81 cm
SCL
8.7–47.9
Estimated from
growth rates
Balazs, 1995
35
Mark–recapture
Pacific
BJ–A/35–92 cm
SCL
10.8–59.4
Estimated from
growth rates
Balazs, 1995
35
Mark–recapture
SE U.S.
H–A/88–99 cm SCL
18–27/26–33
von Bertalanffy/
logistic
Frazer and
Ehrhart, 1985
11 b
Mark–recapture
U.S. Virgin Is.
H–A/106–112 cm
CCL
27–33
von Bertalanffy
Frazer and
Ladner, 1986
8 b
Mark–recapture
Bahamas
BJ/30–75 cm SCL
17
von Bertalanffy
Bjorndal and
Bolten, 1988
122
Mark–recapture
Atlantic
H–A/104–130 kg
19–24
von Bertalanffy
Ehrhardt and
Witham, 1992
52 b
Mark–recapture
Galapagos
BJ/40–67 cm SCL
92
Estimated from
growth rates
Green, 1993
28
Mark–recapture
Bahamas
BJ/30–70 cm SCL
11.96
von Bertalanffy
Bjorndal et al.,
1995
524 c
Mark–recapture
Bahamas
BJ/30–70 cm SCL
13.05
Estimated from
growth rates
Bjorndal et al.,
1995
524 c
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