Somatic growth rates of immature green turtles Chelonia mydas inhabiting the foraging ground Akumal Bay in the Mexican Caribbean Sea

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• 作者：Vanessa Labrada-Martagó ; n^a ; ¹ ; ^{vlabrada@gmail.com} ; Fernando A. Muñ ; oz Tenerí ; a^a ; ^{fernando.munoz@uaslp.mx} ; Roberto Herrera-Pavó ; n^b ; ^{rherrera@ecosur.mx} ; Ana Negrete-Philippe^c ; ^{anegrete@experienciasxcaret.com.mx}
• 关键词：Caribbean ; Demography ; Somatic growth ; Generalized additive model ; Green turtle ; Chelonia mydas
• 刊名：Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：487
• 期：Complete
• 页码：68-78
• 全文大小：750 K
• 卷排序：487

文摘

Size-specific growth rates of green turtle (Ch. mydas) inhabiting in Mexican Caribbean are presented for the first time. Monotonic size-specific growth function displays the maximum growth rate (6.25 cm CCL yr− 1) at 46–48 cm CCL. Mean size had a non-linear relationship with growth and year of capture had a linear negative effect. Immatures at the minimum recruitment size (28 cm CCL) would require 14 years before reproduce.