Carapace lengths and widths of nesting loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) were measured at Pompano Beach and Fort Lauderdale, Florida to determine if plastron and/or track crawl widths were predictive of carapace size. Straight and curved carapace measurements were taken. Plastron and track crawl width were measured at four points on each crawl: 1) emerging at the tide line; 2) mid-way to the nest; 3) mid-way returning to the surf; and 4) at the tide line returning to the surf. All four measurements were significantly different from each other (P Maximum straight carapace length correlated with emergent track crawl width at the tide mark (r = 0.8464, P
| Date of Award | Jan 1 2002 |
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| Original language | English |
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| Supervisor | Curtis M. Burney (Supervisor), Edward O. Keith (Advisor) & Lou Fisher (Advisor) |
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