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Adult loggerhead turtle size, age, stage duration

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This study involves analysis of skeletal growth marks in humerus bones of 313 loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) stranded dead along the Atlantic US coast (hatchling to adult) and provides age and growth rate estimates

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Updated: 2025-04-21
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Modified 2025-04-04T13:18:49.128Z
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