A field-based method for estimating age in free-ranging steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) less than twenty-four months of age

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 262-271

  King, James C ^a   Gelatt, Thomas S ^a,b   Pitcher, Kenneth W ^a   Pendleton, Grey W ^a  

^a ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^b NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Alaska; Canine length; Diastema; Eumetopias jubatus; Known age; Steller sea lion

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; AGE STRUCTURE; ESTIMATION METHOD; JUVENILE; MORPHOMETRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PINNIPED; SURVIVAL; WILD POPULATION;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; OTARIIDAE;

EID: 33947706815     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2007.00108.x     Document Type: Article

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