Biases in dolphin age structure due to age estimation technique

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1124-1132

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

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c NMFS   (United States)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Age structure; Bottlenose dolphin; Lifespan; Longevity; Tooth preparation techniques; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; AGE STRUCTURE; DOLPHIN; ERROR ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 0032717976     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1999.tb00881.x     Document Type: Article

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