Title

Growth Of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops Truncatus) From The Indian River Lagoon System, Florida, U.S.A

Keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Gompertz model; Growth; Sexual dimorphism; Tursiops truncatus

Abstract

Gompertz growth models were fitted to total lengths and ages from tooth sections of 199 stranded bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the Indian River Lagoon system, eastern Florida. Based on the model, dolphins from this population are estimated to be born at 119 cm and reach asymptotic length at 250 cm. No apparent pubescent growth acceleration was noted for either sex. Males appeared to grow to slightly longer lengths than females. There were small size differences between Indian River dolphins and those in Texas and Sarasota, indicating general size similarities between North Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico bottlenose dolphins stocks.

Publication Date

1-1-2002

Publication Title

Marine Mammal Science

Volume

18

Issue

2

Number of Pages

348-357

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2002.tb01042.x

Socpus ID

0036232757 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0036232757

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