Common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in California waters: Cranial differentiation of coastal and offshore ecotypes

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 769-792

  Perrin, William F ^a   Thieleking, Janet L ^a   Walker, William A ^b   Archer, Frederick I ^a   Robertson, Kelly M ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional morphology; MtDNA; Osteology; Principal components analysis; Random Forest; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BYCATCH; COASTAL WATER; CRANIUM; DIVING BEHAVIOR; DOLPHIN; ECOTYPE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC MARKER; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORTALITY RISK; OSTEOLOGY; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; TOOTH;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 80053194134     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2010.00442.x     Document Type: Article

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