Age and growth estimates of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) via aspartic acid racemization

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 571-580

  George, John C ^a   Bada, Jeffrey ^b   Zeh, Judith ^c   Scott, Laura ^b   Brown, Stephen E ^b   O'Hara, Todd ^a   Suydam, Robert ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH; WHALE;

ANIMALIA; BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BALAENIDAE; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETACEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033305908     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-77-4-571     Document Type: Article

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