Skeletochronology, age at maturity and cause of mortality of loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta stranded along the beaches of Campania (south-western Italy, western Mediterranean Sea)

Fabio Maria Guarino; Fabio Di Nocera; Francesco Pollaro; Giorgio Galiero; Doriana Iaccarino; Domenico Iovino; Marcello Mezzasalma; Agnese Petraccioli; Gaetano Odierna; Nicola Maio

doi:10.3897/herpetozoa.33.e47543

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Herpetozoa 33: 39-51
https://doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.33.e47543 (15 Apr 2020)

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