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1 Addison, D. S., and M. Kraus. 2001. Chelonia mydas and Caretta caretta (green turtle and loggerhead turtle). Out-of-season tag returns. Herpetological Review 32:249–250.
2 Allen, E. R., and W. T. Neill. 1953. The green turtle. Florida Wildlife 7(4):19, 32.
3 Bresette, M., and J. Gorham. 2001. Growth rate of juvenile green turtles (Chelonia mydas) from Atlantic coastal waters of St. Lucie County, Florida, USA. Marine Turtle Newsletter No. 91:5–6.
4 Bubb, M. E. 1977. The great turtle-lift. Florida Sportsman 8(5):80–82, 84–85.
5 Fletemeyer, J. R. 1977. Rare albino turtle. Sea Frontiers 23:233.
6 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.
7 Henwood, T. A. 1987. Sea turtles of the southeastern United States, with emphasis on the life history and population dynamics of the loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta. Dissertation, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA. 181pp.
8 Hirth, H. F. 1971. Synopsis of biological data on the green turtle Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus) 1758. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 85.
9 Lewis, S. H., C. Ryder, and K. Benirschke. 1992. Omphalopagus twins in Chelonia mydas. Herpetological Review 23:69–70.
10 Mendonca, M. T. 1981. Comparative growth rates of wild immature Chelonia mydas and Caretta caretta in Florida. Journal of Herpetology 15:447–451.
11 Mendonca, M. T. 1983. Movements and feeding ecology of immature green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in a Florida lagoon. Copeia 1983:1013–1023.
12 Perrine, D. 2003. Sea turtles of the world. Voyageur Press, Stillwater, Minnesota, USA. 144pp.
13 Rudloe, A., J. Rudloe, and L. Ogren. 1991. Occurrence of immature Kemp's ridley turtles, Lepidochelys kempi, in coastal waters of northwest Florida. Northeast Gulf Science 12:49–53.
14 Schmid, J. R. 1995. Marine turtle populations of the east-central coast of Florida: results of tagging studies of Cape Canaveral, Florida, 1986–1991. Fishery Bulletin 93:139–151.
15 Schmid, J. R. 1998. Marine turtle populations on the west-central coast of Florida: results of tagging studies at the Cedar Key, Florida, 1986–1995. Fishery Bulletin 96:589–602.
16 Wershoven, J. L., and R. W. Wershoven. 1992. Juvenile green turtles in their nearshore habitat of Broward County, Florida: a five year review. Pages 121–123 in M. Salmon and J. Wyneken, compilers. Proceedings of the 11th Annual Workshop on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFC-302.
17 Witham, R., and C. R. Futch. 1977. Early growth and oceanic survival on pen-reared sea turtles. Herpetologica 33:404–409.
18 Witham, R. 1980. The "lost year" question in young sea turtles. American Zoologist 20:525–530.
19 Witham, R. 1991. On the ecology of young sea turtles. Florida Scientist 54:179–190.
20 Zug, G. R., and R. E. Glor. 1998. Estimates of age and growth in a population of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) from the Indian River lagoon system, Florida: a skeletochronogical analysis. Canadian Journal of Zoology 76:1497–1506.
21 Zug, G. R., and R. E. Glor. 2000. Skeletochronological age estimates of green sea turtles living in a Florida developmental habitat. Page 36 (abstract) in F. A. Abreu-Grobois, R. Briseno-Duenas, R. Marquez, and L. Sarti, compilers. Proceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-436.
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