Research Article

Trends in Marine Turtle Strandings along the East Queensland, Australia Coast, between 1996 and 2013

Table 2

Distribution between age classes.

SpeciesAge class19962013

Green turtlesSmall immature21.8% ()56.1% ()0.7525
Large immature32.3% ()14.8% ()0.6975
Adult sized35.1% ()25.7% ()0.5147
Unknown10.8% ()3.6% ()0.0329

Loggerhead turtlesSmall immature9.6% ()23.3% ()0.2874
Large immature48.2% ()30% ()0.5856
Adult sized31.3% ()46.7% ()0.166
Unknown 10.84% ()0% ()<0.001

Unidentified turtlesSmall immature11.25% ()23.08% ()0.6132
Large immature6.25% ()4.62% ()0.0922
Adult sized16.25% ()25.13% ()0.0127
Unknown66.25% ()47.18% ()0.1865