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Capture-recapture measurements of 11 wild green turtles and of 28 wild
loggerhead turtles in Florida indicate that growth in straight line carapace
length fits von Bertalanffy growth models better than logistic models. The
von Bertalanffy model for green turtle growth yields estimates for age at
maturity of between 18 and 27 years, based on the carapace length of the
smallest nesting female(88 cm) and the mean length of all nesting females (99
cm). The model for loggerheads yields estimates of between 12 and 30 years,
also based on carapace measurements of the smallest nesting female (74 cm) and
the mean carapace length of all nesting females (92 cm). It is suggested that
the upper estimates provide more realistic indications of mean age at first
maturity.
Frazer, Nat B. and Frank J. Schwartz (1984). Growth Curves for Captive
Loggerhead Turtles, Caretta Caretta, in North Carolina, USA. Bulletin
of Marine Science, 34(3):485-489.
Growth equations for two loggerhead turtles raised in captivity for 14
years are compared to an analysis conducted by Uchida (1967). The results
obtained in the two studies differ substantially.
Freeman, A. Myrick III (1979). "Approaches to Measuring Public Goods
Demands." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 61(5):915-
920.
This paper presents a brief review of the three major approaches to
estimation of public good demands and benefits and a somewhat more detailed
discussion of those techniques that are based on market interactions between
public and private goods. The analysis is limited to those public goods that
are arguments in individual utility functions. Public goods that are inputs
in production processes for marketed goods, for example, air quality in
agricultural production, affect cost, supply, and factor demand functions and
through them affect one or more of the following: output prices, factor
prices, and profits (quasi-rents). The benefits of increases in public goods
supply can be measured in a conceptually straightforward manner from
observable market data.
Freeman, A. Myrick III (1979). "Hedonic Prices, Property Values and
Measuring Environmental Benefits: A Survey of the Issues." Scand.
J. of Economics, 154-173.
This paper provides a review of the theoretical basis and the
assumptions required to use hedonic price equations derived from property
value data to obtain measures of the prices and the inverse demand functions
for environmental amenities such as air quality. It also includes a review
and assessment of existing empirical applications of the technique to problems
of air and water quality and urban noise.
Freeman, A. Myrick III (1979). "The Benefits of Air and Water Pollution
Control: A Review and Synthesis of Recent Estimates." A report
prepared for the Council on Environmental Quality. Bowdoin
College, Brunswick, Maine 04011, 174 pp.
This report reviews and synthesizes the large number of previous studies
of the benefits from air and water pollution control and tries to make
theoretical and applied sense of the various estimates to provide a
standardized set of benefit estimates where ever possible.
Freeman, A. Myrick III (1993). "The Economics of Valuing Marine
Recreation: A Review of the Empirical Evidence." A report
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