Age, growth, and calving season of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus off coastal Texas

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 357-365

  Fernandez, Stephanie ^a   Hohn, Aleta A ^b,c  

^a SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^c SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 0031981726     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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