Fig. 20 in The Ecology And Migrations Of Sea Turtles 8. Tests Of The Developmental Habitat Hypothesis

Fig. 20. Carapace length (SCLmin), weight, and maturity status for 69 immature Chelonia mydas from Zapatilla Cays, Bocas del Toro Province, Panama. For explanation of maturity stages, see Methods. Maturity status is based on laparoscopy. Minimum adult size, indicated by the dashed line, is based on laparoscopy of 178 C. mydas in Bocas del Toro, Panama, and size criteria developed from laparoscopy data (this study; Meylan and Meylan, unpubl. data).