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1 29 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.
2 121 Allen, E. R., and W. T. Neill. 1953. The green turtle. Florida Wildlife 7(4):19, 32.
3 1152 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 1208 Bubb, M. E. 1977. The great turtle-lift. Florida Sportsman 8(5):80–82, 84–85.
5 2370 Fletemeyer, J. R. 1977. Rare albino turtle. Sea Frontiers 23:233.
6 2509 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 9435 Goshe, L. R. L. Avens, and A. Southwood. 2010. Is bone growth related to carapace growth in Atlantic green sea turtles?. Pages 203−204 (abstract) in K. Dean and M. C. Lopez Castro, compilers. Proceedings of the 28th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-602.
8 2992 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.
9 3071 Hirth, H. F. 1971. Synopsis of biological data on the green turtle Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus) 1758. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 85.
10 8089 Kowalski, A. 2005. Specific dynamic action in hatchling and post-hatchling green (Chelonia mydas) and loggerhead (Caretta caretta ) sea turtles. M.S. Thesis, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA. 48pp.
11 8813 Kubis, S. A., L. M. Ehrhart, and M. Chaloupka. 2008. Growth rates of juvenile green turtles (Chelonia mydas) from three developmental habitats along the east central coast of Florida. Pages 40–41 (abstract) in R. B. Mast, B. J. Hutchinson, and A. H. Hutchinson, compilers. Proceedings of the 24th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-567.
12 3767 Lewis, S. H., C. Ryder, and K. Benirschke. 1992. Omphalopagus twins in Chelonia mydas. Herpetological Review 23:69–70.
13 7518 Marquez M., R. 1990. FAO species catalogue. Volume 11. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of sea turtle species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 123, Volume 11. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy. 81pp.
14 7615 McMichael, E. 2005. Ecology of juvenile green turtles, Chelonia mydas, at a temperate foraging area in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. M.S. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 108pp.
15 9031 McMichael, E., J. Seminoff, and R. Carthy. 2008. Growth rates of wild green turtles, Chelonia mydas, at a temperate foraging habitat in the northern Gulf of Mexico: assessing short-term effects of cold-stunning on growth. Journal of Natural History 42:2793–2807.
16 8331 McMichael, E., R. R. Carthy, and J. A. Seminoff. 2006. Ecology of juvenile sea turtles in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Pages 20–21 in N. J. Pilcher, compiler. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-536.
17 4210 Mendonca, M. T. 1981. Comparative growth rates of wild immature Chelonia mydas and Caretta caretta in Florida. Journal of Herpetology 15:447–451.
18 4212 Mendonca, M. T. 1983. Movements and feeding ecology of immature green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in a Florida lagoon. Copeia 1983:1013–1023.
19 6813 Perrine, D. 2003. Sea turtles of the world. Voyageur Press, Stillwater, Minnesota, USA. 144pp.
20 8604 Roark, A. M. 2007. Physiological and life-history responses to patterns of food availability. Dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 159pp.
21 5230 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.
22 5318 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.
23 5319 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.
24 6088 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.
25 6212 Witham, R. 1980. The "lost year" question in young sea turtles. American Zoologist 20:525–530.
26 6214 Witham, R. 1991. On the ecology of young sea turtles. Florida Scientist 54:179–190.
27 6216 Witham, R., and C. R. Futch. 1977. Early growth and oceanic survival on pen-reared sea turtles. Herpetologica 33:404–409.
28 6400 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.
29 6401 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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