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Congdon, J.D., A.E. Dunham, and R.C. van Loben Sels. 1993. Delayed sexual maturity and
demographics of Blandings turtles (Emydoidea blandingii): implications for conservation and management of long-lived organisms. Conserv. Biol. 7:826–833.
Cormack, R.M. 1964. Estimates of survival from the sightings of marked animals. Biometrika
51:429–439.
Crouse, D.T. 1999. The consequences of delayed maturity in a human-dominated world. Pages
195–202 in J.A. Musick, editor. Life in the Slow Lane: Ecology and Conservation of
Long-Lived Marine Animals. American Fisheries Society Symposium 23, Bethesda,
MD.
Crouse, D.T., L.B. Crowder, and H. Caswell. 1987. A stage-based population model for
loggerhead sea turtles and implications for conservation. Ecology 68:1412–1423.
Crowder, L.B. et al. 1994. Predicting the impact of turtle excluder devices on loggerhead sea
turtle populations. Ecol. Appl. 4:437–445.
Dutton, P.H. et al. 1999. Global phylogeography of the leatherback turtle (Dermochelys
coriacea). J. Zool. 248:397–409.
Eckert, S.A. et al. 1989. Diving and foraging behavior of leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys
coriacea). Can. J. Zool. 67:2834–2840.
Ehrdardt, N.M. and R. Witham. 1992. Analysis of growth of the green sea turtles (Chelonia
mydas) in the western central Atlantic. Bull. Mar. Sci. 50:275–281.
Encalada, S.E. et al. 1996. Phylogeography and population structure of the Atlantic and
Mediterranean green turtle Chelonia mydas: a mitochondrial DNA control region
sequence assessment. Mol. Ecol. 5:473–483.
Encalada, S.E. et al. 1998. Population structure of loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) nesting
colonies in the Atlantic and Mediterranean as inferred from mitochondrial DNA
control region sequences. Mar. Biol. 130:567–575.
Epperly, S.P. and W.G. Teas. 1999. Evaluation of TED opening dimensions relative to size
of turtles stranding in the western North Atlantic. U.S. Dept. Commerce, National
Marine Fisheries Service SEFSC Contribution PRD-98/99–08; Sept. 1999, Miami,
FL. 31 pp.
Fabens, A.J. 1965. Properties and fitting of the von Bertalanffy growth curve. Growth
29:265–289.
Fisher, R.A. 1930. The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection. Clarendon Press, Oxford.
FitzSimmons, N.N. 1998. Single paternity of clutches and sperm storage in the promiscuous
green turtle (Chelonia mydas). Mol. Ecol. 7:575–584.
Francisco, A.M. 2001. Identification of loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) stock structure in
the southeastern United States and adjacent regions using nuclear and mitochondrial
DNA markers. M.S. thesis. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Francisco, A.M. et al. In press. Stock structure and nesting site fidelity in Florida loggerhead
turtles (Caretta caretta) resolved with mtDNA sequences. Mar. Biol.
Frazer, N.B. 1983. Survivorship of adult female loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta, nesting
on little Cumberland Island, Georgia, U.S.A. Herpetologica 39:436–447.
Frazer, N.B. 1987. Preliminary estimates of survivorship for wild loggerhead sea turtles
(Caretta caretta). J. Herpetol. 21:232–235.
Frazer, N.B. and L.M. Ehrhart. 1985. Preliminary growth models for green, Chelonia mydas,
and loggerhead, Caretta caretta, turtles in the wild. Copeia 1985:73–79.
Frazer, N.B. and R.C. Ladner. 1986. A growth curve for green sea turtles, Chelonia mydas,
in the U.S. Virgin Islands, 1913–14. Copeia 1986:798–802.
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301
Congdon, J.D., A.E. Dunham, and R.C. van Loben Sels. 1993. Delayed sexual maturity and
demographics of Blandings turtles (Emydoidea blandingii): implications for conservation and management of long-lived organisms. Conserv. Biol. 7:826–833.
Cormack, R.M. 1964. Estimates of survival from the sightings of marked animals. Biometrika
51:429–439.
Crouse, D.T. 1999. The consequences of delayed maturity in a human-dominated world. Pages
195–202 in J.A. Musick, editor. Life in the Slow Lane: Ecology and Conservation of
Long-Lived Marine Animals. American Fisheries Society Symposium 23, Bethesda,
MD.
Crouse, D.T., L.B. Crowder, and H. Caswell. 1987. A stage-based population model for
loggerhead sea turtles and implications for conservation. Ecology 68:1412–1423.
Crowder, L.B. et al. 1994. Predicting the impact of turtle excluder devices on loggerhead sea
turtle populations. Ecol. Appl. 4:437–445.
Dutton, P.H. et al. 1999. Global phylogeography of the leatherback turtle (Dermochelys
coriacea). J. Zool. 248:397–409.
Eckert, S.A. et al. 1989. Diving and foraging behavior of leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys
coriacea). Can. J. Zool. 67:2834–2840.
Ehrdardt, N.M. and R. Witham. 1992. Analysis of growth of the green sea turtles (Chelonia
mydas) in the western central Atlantic. Bull. Mar. Sci. 50:275–281.
Encalada, S.E. et al. 1996. Phylogeography and population structure of the Atlantic and
Mediterranean green turtle Chelonia mydas: a mitochondrial DNA control region
sequence assessment. Mol. Ecol. 5:473–483.
Encalada, S.E. et al. 1998. Population structure of loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) nesting
colonies in the Atlantic and Mediterranean as inferred from mitochondrial DNA
control region sequences. Mar. Biol. 130:567–575.
Epperly, S.P. and W.G. Teas. 1999. Evaluation of TED opening dimensions relative to size
of turtles stranding in the western North Atlantic. U.S. Dept. Commerce, National
Marine Fisheries Service SEFSC Contribution PRD-98/99–08; Sept. 1999, Miami,
FL. 31 pp.
Fabens, A.J. 1965. Properties and fitting of the von Bertalanffy growth curve. Growth
29:265–289.
Fisher, R.A. 1930. The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection. Clarendon Press, Oxford.
FitzSimmons, N.N. 1998. Single paternity of clutches and sperm storage in the promiscuous
green turtle (Chelonia mydas). Mol. Ecol. 7:575–584.
Francisco, A.M. 2001. Identification of loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) stock structure in
the southeastern United States and adjacent regions using nuclear and mitochondrial
DNA markers. M.S. thesis. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Francisco, A.M. et al. In press. Stock structure and nesting site fidelity in Florida loggerhead
turtles (Caretta caretta) resolved with mtDNA sequences. Mar. Biol.
Frazer, N.B. 1983. Survivorship of adult female loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta, nesting
on little Cumberland Island, Georgia, U.S.A. Herpetologica 39:436–447.
Frazer, N.B. 1987. Preliminary estimates of survivorship for wild loggerhead sea turtles
(Caretta caretta). J. Herpetol. 21:232–235.
Frazer, N.B. and L.M. Ehrhart. 1985. Preliminary growth models for green, Chelonia mydas,
and loggerhead, Caretta caretta, turtles in the wild. Copeia 1985:73–79.
Frazer, N.B. and R.C. Ladner. 1986. A growth curve for green sea turtles, Chelonia mydas,
in the U.S. Virgin Islands, 1913–14. Copeia 1986:798–802.
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