Do ovarian scars persist with age in all Cetaceans: New insight from the short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758)

Marine Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-139

  Dabin, Willy ^a   Cossais, François ^a   Pierce, Graham J ^b,c   Ridoux, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b Instituto Español de Oceanografía Subida a Radio Faro   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; LIFE HISTORY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SEXUAL MATURITY;

CETACEA; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 57049149034     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-008-1070-4     Document Type: Article

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