How to estimate age of old bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus); by tooth or pectoral flipper?

How to estimate age of old bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus); by tooth or pectoral flipper?

Multiple techniques have been used for estimating age in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). The longest established technique is via counts of growth later groups (GLGs) in the longitudinal section of an extracted mandibular tooth. Previous studies to validate GLGs have primarily used younger...

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Main Authors: Ashley Barratclough, Wayne E. McFee, Megan Stolen, Aleta A. Hohn, Gretchen N. Lovewell, Forrest M. Gomez, Cynthia R. Smith, Daniel Garcia-Parraga, Randall S. Wells, Celeste Parry, Risa Daniels, Sam H. Ridgway, Lori Schwacke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
aging
cetacean
geriatric
growth layer group
novel technique
x-ray
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.1135521/full

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