Skull morphometry of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the Gulf of Mexico

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 665-672

  Turner, Jason P ^a   Worthy, Graham A J ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Cranial morphometrics; Gulf of Mexico; Skull morphology; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; MORPHOMETRY; SKULL;

GULF OF MEXICO;

CORYPHAENIDAE; MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 0038046181     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2003)084<0665:SMOBDT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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