25901
Bottlenose dolphin age structure and growth in the Mississippi Sound region of the Gulf of Mexico
Project
Published / External
25869
Marine Mammals Miami
Project
Completed
Teeth were collected from bottlenose dolphins that stranded within the north-central Gulf of Mexico between 1986-2003. These teeth were sectioned and growth rings were used to estimate the age of individual animals, and these estimates were used to develop sex-specific growth curves. These curves can be used to estimate the age of stranded animals based upon their observed length and provide insight into the demographics and population dynamics of bottlenose dolphins in the North-Central Gulf of Mexico.
To develop length-age relationships for Gulf of Mexico bottlenose dolphins.
Theme
Bottlenose dolphin
Temporal
1986-2003
Spatial
Gulf of Mexico
Spatial
Mississippi Sound
Data Steward
1986
Person
Garrison, Lance
Lance.Garrison@noaa.gov
75 Virginia Beach Dr
Miami
FL
33149
305-361-4488
305-361-4478
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST/EDT
Point of Contact
1986
Person
Mullin, Keith D
keith.d.mullin@noaa.gov
3209 Frederic St.
Pascagoula
MS
39568
228-549-1632
228-769-9200
Ground Condition
-98
-80.5
31
24.5
Range
1986
2003-12-31
26468
Data Set
Bottlenose dolphin age structure and growth in the Mississippi Sound region of the Gulf of Mexico
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Southeast Fisheries Science Center
SEFSC
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Miami
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33149
USA
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No
2021-04-29
1 Year
2022-04-29