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| SAMPSON,LAURA; PAYÁN,LUIS FERNANDO; AMOROCHO,DIEGO FERNANDO; SEMINOFF,JEFFREY A.; GIRALDO,ALAN. |
| The size distribution and body condition of the two morphotypes of green turtle (Chelonia mydas) foraging in Gorgona Natural National Park (GNNP) in the Colombian Pacific was assessed from 2003 to 2012. Measurements of straight carapace length (SCL), curved carapace length (CCL), weight, and body condition of 1,023 turtles captured on the GNNP reefs were recorded. More black turtles (n = 747) than yellow turtles (n = 276) were captured, all of them juveniles. Black turtles were significantly larger and heavier than yellow turtles. The size of recruitment to the neritic zone was 40.0-49.9 cm SCL for both morphotypes, but there were more yellow than black turtles in this size class, indicating a difference in the recruitment pattern. The body condition index... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Black morphotype; Condition index; Foraging ground; Size-frequency distribution; Yellow morphotype. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0120-548X2014000300012 |
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