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Table 1 Curved carapace length, age-class, body condition index, sex, and collection date of loggerhead turtles obtained from Adriatic and Tyrrhenian Seas

From: Epidemiology of blood flukes (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) in sea turtles from Tyrrhenian and Adriatic Seas, off Italy

Area

CCL (cm)

Age-class

BCI

Sex

Sampling year

Mean ± SD

j

s-a

ad

nd

p

a

g

vg

nd

m

f

nd

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

A

53.5 ± 14.7

42

128

27

11

8

7

13

166

14

60

123

25

8

10

55

38

29

25

20

23

T

64.5 ± 10.6

10

64

35

2

9

4

9

75

14

48

55

8

4

6

5

11

14

9

31

31

Total

56.5 ± 14.9

52

192

62

13

17

11

22

241

28

108

178

33

12

16

60

49

43

34

51

54

  1. Abbreviations: CCL, curved carapace length; j, juveniles; s-a, subadults; ad, adults; nd, not determined; BCI, body condition index; p, poor; a, average; g, good; vg, very good; m, male; f, female; SD, standard deviation; A, Adriatic Sea; T, Tyrrhenian Sea
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