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It’s in Their Bones: Ecological Drivers of Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) Somatic Growth and Population Dynamics

Creator:

Ramirez, Matthew D.

Abstract:

Somatic growth variation manifests from the cumulative effects of a suite of biological, ecological, and environmental processes and can have profound effects on individual fitness and species population dynamics. As ectotherms whose growth dynamics are greatly influenced by environmental factors, sea turtles display considerable variation in somatic growth within and...

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Full Text:

, Amanda Weschler, Suzanne Thurman, Robert Schoelkopf, Kimberly Durham, Janelle Schuh, Robert Prescott