Growth and reproduction of female short-beaked common dolphins, Delphinus delphis, in the eastern tropical Pacific

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 108-121

  Danil, K ^a   Chivers, S J ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GROWTH KINETICS; MARINE BIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

HABITATS; POPULATION SPECIFIC ADAPTATIONS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE PARAMETERS;

MAMMALS;

ADAPTATION; AGE AT MATURITY; DOLPHIN; GROWTH RATE; LACTATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

ANIMALIA; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS ALBACARES;

EID: 34248596706     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z06-188     Document Type: Article

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