Determining the sex of bottlenose dolphins from Doubtful Sound using dorsal fin photographs

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-34

  Rowe, Lucy E ^a   Dawson, Stephen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dorsal fin; Fiordland; Laser metrics; Logistic regression; Photo identification; Sexing; Tursiops sp.

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LOGISTICS; PHOTOGRAPH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DETERMINATION;

AUSTRALASIA; DOUBTFUL SOUND; FIORDLAND; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND;

CETACEA; TURSIOPS;

EID: 58349116739     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2008.00235.x     Document Type: Article

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