Field-based age estimation of juvenile Galapagos sea lions (Zalophus wollebaeki) using morphometric measurements

Aquatic Mammals

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 262-269

  Jeglinski, Jana W E ^a   Mueller, Birte ^a   Pörschmann, Ulrich ^a   Trillmich, Fritz ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Field method; Galapagos sea lion; General linear models; Tooth measurements; Zalophus wollebaeki

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FIELD METHOD; JUVENILE; MORPHOMETRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PINNIPED; TOOTH;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS;

PINNIPEDIA; ZALOPHUS WOLLEBAEKI;

EID: 77957730056     PISSN: 01675427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1578/AM.36.3.2010.262     Document Type: Article

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