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. 2017 Mar 17;12(3):e0173920. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173920

Table 3. Duration (days at large) and distance (km) between release and recapture for live rehabilitated green turtles (Chelonia mydas) found hypothermic stunned in Texas during the winters of 2006–2007 through 2014–2015.

Includes a) turtles initially recorded as hypothermic stunned, rehabilitated and released, and recaptured due to hypothermic stunning or another cause; and b) turtles initially recorded as stranded due to another cause, rehabilitated and released, and recaptured due to hypothermic stunning.

  Duration (days) Distance (km)  
Recapture Condition Mean ± SD Range Mean ± SD Range N
a) Initial hypothermic stunned
    Found alive 502.8 ± 482.9 3–1446 52.7 ± 124.6 1.9–923.2 62
    Found dead 391.8 ± 292.9 10–1034 51.6 ± 63.8 7.0–193.7 13
    Total 483.5 ± 456.0 3–1446 52.5 ± 116.0 1.9–923.2 74
b) Initial other cause
    Found alive 558.9 ± 461.9 29–1405 63.7 ± 80.0 0.1–197.9 17
    Found dead 184.0 ± 193.7 47–321 32.7 ± 5.0 29.2–36.3 2
    Total 519.5 ± 453.5 29–1405 60.5 ± 76.1 0.1–197.9 19