Avens, Larisa https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6297-065X
Lamont, Margaret M. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7520-6669
Foley, Allen M. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0629-7274
Higgins, Benjamin M.
Howell, Lyndsey N. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9080-3274
Lovewell, Gretchen
Shaver, Donna J. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1379-8974
Stacy, Brian A. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4695-884X
Walker, J. Shelby https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3446-2073
Clark, Jamie M.
Wallace, Amy A. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1719-1379
Vander Zanden, Hannah B. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3366-5116
Article History
Received: 27 February 2025
Accepted: 10 June 2025
First Online: 18 August 2025
Declarations
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: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose. LA is an Associate Editor with the journal Marine Biology.
: The skeletochronology portion of the study did not involve live animals and sample collection from dead, stranded sea turtles was authorized by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS permits TE676379 and ES676379 issued to the National Marine Fisheries Service [NMFS] Southeast Fisheries Science Center) and FL permit MTP-152. All sea turtle handling and sampling in the northeastern Gulf of America was conducted under the authorization of NMFS permit 21366 and State of Florida permit 152 issued to the USGS and performed according to the Institutional Animal Care Protocol USGS/WARC/GNV 2019-15 and USGS/WARC/GNV 2022-09.
: This article does not contain any studies with human participants performed by any of the authors.
: This article does not contain any studies with human participants performed by any of the authors.