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SUBMITTER: de Carvalho AP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4446342 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
de Carvalho Anna Paula Martins AP Lima Juliana Ywasaki JY Azevedo Carolina Torres CT Botta Silvina S de Queiroz Fábio Ferreira FF Campos Adélia Sepúlveda AS Barbosa Lupércio de Araújo Lde A da Silveira Leonardo Serafim LS
PloS one 20150527 5
The estuarine dolphin, Sotalia guianensis, is one of the most abundant cetacean species in Brazil. Determination of age and of aspects associated with the development of this species is significant new studies. Counts of growth layer groups in dentin are used to estimate age of these animals, though other ways to evaluate development are also adopted, like the measurement of total length (TL). This study presents a procedure to evaluate the development of the estuarine dolphin based on the ossif ...[more]