Reproduction in short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) from the western North Atlantic

Marine Biology

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1011-1024

  Westgate, Andrew J ^a,b,c   Read, Andrew J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; MARINE MAMMAL; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

CANADA; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

DELPHINUS DELPHIS; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 33846475558     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0394-1     Document Type: Article

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