The life history of free-ranging Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis): Age classes, color phases, and female reproduction

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 576-595

  Herzing, Denise L ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age class; Color phase; Mortality; Sex composition; Sexual maturity; Spotted dolphin reproduction; Stenella frontalis

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; AGE GROUPS; ATLANTIC SPOTTED DOLPHIN; LIFE HISTORY; MAMMALS; PARTURITION; REPRODUCTION;

ATLANTIC;

CORYPHAENIDAE; MAMMALIA; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA FRONTALIS;

EID: 0030769916     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1997.tb00085.x     Document Type: Article

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