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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

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McMichael, Erin, Seminoff, Jeffrey, Carthy, Raymond (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 (43-44): 2793-2807, DOI: 10.1080/00222930802357335, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930802357335

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