GROWTH AND SEXUAL DIMORPHISM OF ATLANTIC WALRUSES ( ODOBENUS ROSMARUS ROSMARUS) IN FOXE BASIN, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, CANADA

• Published in: Marine Mammal Science
• Main Authors: Garlich‐Miller, J. L., Stewart, R. E. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1998
• Subjects: Foxe Basin; Greenland; Hudson Bay; inuit; Northwest Territories; Odobenus rosmarus; Alaska; walrus*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.1998.tb00764.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1748-7692.1998.tb00764.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1748-7692.1998.tb00764.x

A bstract Growth of Atlantic walruses ( Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus ) was investigated using morphological data collected in association with Inuit subsistence walrus hunts. Four growth models were examined. The growth parameters of a constrained Richards model were used to quantify growth and to tes...