Comparison of two histological techniques for age determination in small cetaceans

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 902-919

  Luque, Patricia Lastra ^a   Learmonth, Jennifer A ^a   Santos, M Begoña ^b   Ieno, Elena ^a,c   Pierce, Graham J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^c Highland Statistics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age determination; Histological techniques; Small odontocete species

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BODY SIZE; CETACEAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; TOOTH;

CETACEA;

EID: 70350495823     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2009.00304.x     Document Type: Article

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