Prenatal data impacts common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) growth parameters estimated by length-at-age curves

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 195-216

  Neuenhoff, Rachel D ^a   Cowan, Daniel F ^b   Whitehead, Heidi ^c   Marshall, Christopher D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Cetacean fetal growth; Gompertz; Length at age; Prenatal age; Tursiops truncatus; Von Bertalanffy

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; ALLOMETRY; COASTAL ZONE; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DOLPHIN; GROWTH CURVE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SENESCENCE; TIME SERIES; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 78650575944     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2010.00394.x     Document Type: Article

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