Table 31 in SYNOPSIS OF THE BIOLOGICAL DATA ON THE LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE CARETTA CARETTA (LINNAEUS 1758)

Table 31. The relationship between various meristic characters in several studies of captive loggerheads, using the allometric growth equation Y = aX b. LocalityYXbabSourceJapancarapace widthCL0.17091.4189Uchida (1967)carapace widthCL1.06080.9678 “shell depthCL0.47061.0081head lengthCL0.96430.7787head widthCL1.13060.6821body weightCL0.000492.8317body weightCW0.000442.9147Japanbody weightCL0.000342.89Anonymous (1984 a) aExpressed after inflection point. bCL = carapace length; CW = carapace width.