Age and growth of Hawaiian green seaturtles (Chelonia mydas): An analysis based on skeletochronology

By G. Zug, G. Balazs, J. A. Wetherall, D. Parker, S. Murakawa. 2002

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Cause-specific temporal and spatial trends in green sea turtle strandings in the Hawaiian Archipelago (1982–2003) (2008, background): “However, important information on sea turtle health, age, size composition, diet, reproductive status, population trends and cause-specific mortality can be derived from strandings of moribund or dead turtles (Limpus and Reed 1985; Bjorndal et al. 1994; Caillouet et al. 1996; Boulon 2000; Schwartz 2”
Carapace bone histology in the giant pleurodiran turtle Stupendemys geographicus: Phylogeny and function (2007, background): “…decades to assess and validate the age and growth of turtles based on skeleto− chronological evidence (e.g., Castanet et al. 1979; Zug et al. 1986; Castanet 1987, 1988; Klinger and Musick 1992, 1995; Zug and Parham 1996; Zug and Glor 1998; Coles et al. 2001; Zug et al. 2001; Snover and Hohn 2004).”
Spatial and temporal variability in somatic growth of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) resident in the Hawaiian Archipelago (2004, background): “Juvenile green turtles recruit to these foraging grounds from ca. 35 cm straight carapace length (SCL) onwards after pelagic development in the northern Pacific Ocean (Balazs 1982; Zug et al. 2002).”
Estimation of age at maturation and growth of Atlantic green turtles (Chelonia mydas) using skeletochronology (2010, background): “Green turtles in the Pacific generally recruit from oceanic to neritic habitats at a larger size than their counterparts in the Atlantic and are estimated to be 4–10 years old at 35–37 cm SCL (Zug et al. 2002).”
Evidence from genetic and Lagrangian drifter data for transatlantic transport of small juvenile green turtles (2010, background): “, 2007), although this period could be longer (Zug et al., 2002; McClellan & Read, 2007).”
A Comparison of Immature Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Diets among Seven Sites in the Main Hawaiian Islands1 (2008, background): “Immature green turtles recruit to these inshore foraging habitats at @35 cm straight carapace length (SCL) and @6 kg (Zug et al. 2002) where their diet shifts from the omnivorous planktivory of a pelagic turtle to the herbivorous diet of an inshore immature turtle (Bolten 2003).”