Fig 1.
Capture sites within Core Sound, North Carolina where juvenile loggerhead sea turtles were sampled to estimate hematologic and biochemical reference intervals for this population.
Table 1.
Hematology and plasma biochemistry reference intervals and 90% confidence intervals for a population of 191 apparently healthy juvenile loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) sampled in Core Sound, North Carolina, USA from 2004–2007.
Table 2.
Hematology and plasma biochemical parameters that exhibited significant variation between the fall (October and November) and summer (May through September) sampling periods in juvenile loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) sampled in Core Sound, North Carolina, USA.
Table 3.
Hematology and plasma biochemical parameters that were significantly correlated with water temperature in juvenile loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) sampled in Core Sound, North Carolina, USA.