Estimating age of sea otters with cementum layers in the first premolar

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 967-973

  Bodkin, James L ^a   Ames, Jack A ^b   Jameson, Ronald J ^a   Johnson, Ancel M ^c   Matson, Gary M ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c Pacific Science Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Age determination; Aging; Annuli; Cementum; Enhydra lutris; Known age; Measurement error; Premolar; Sea otter; Teeth

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORA; ENHYDRA LUTRIS; LUTRINAE;

EID: 0030804236     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802207     Document Type: Article

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