Leatherback sea turtle age and growth

Published by Southeast Fisheries Science Center | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: January 22, 2026 | Last Modified: 2022-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

This involves two studies. This first study involves analysis of skeletal growth marks in scleral ossicle bones of 33 leatherback sea turtles stranded dead along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico US coasts (hatchling to adult) and 8 captive-reared juvenile leatherbacks and provides age estimates The second later study involves leatherback back-calculated age and growth in the northwest Atlantic Ocean and in the northern Pacific Ocean.

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describedByType	application/octet-steam
identifier	gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:26473
issued	2001-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00
landingPage	https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/26473
language	[]
references	[ "https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sefsc/dmp/pdf/26473.pdf" ]
rights	otherRestrictions, unclassified
spatial	-69.0,25.9,-91.0,42.8
temporal	2001-05-01T00:00:00+00:00/2008-02-01T00:00:00+00:00

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