A critical evaluation of age determination of ringed seals (Phoca hispida Schreber 1775) /
Precision of determining age in ringed seals (Phoca hispida) was examined by repeated readings of undecalcified cross sections and decalcified stained longitudinal sections of mandibular canines. There appeared to be geographical differences in repeatability although this could not be tested statist...
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ftcanadathes:oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.59818 2023-05-15T17:58:44+02:00 A critical evaluation of age determination of ringed seals (Phoca hispida Schreber 1775) / Albright, Don Master of Science (Department of Renewable Resources.) 1990 application/pdf http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=59818 en eng McGill University alephsysno: 001116698 proquestno: AAIMM66425 Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=59818 All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. Ringed seal -- Age determination Electronic Thesis or Dissertation 1990 ftcanadathes 2014-02-16T00:58:13Z Precision of determining age in ringed seals (Phoca hispida) was examined by repeated readings of undecalcified cross sections and decalcified stained longitudinal sections of mandibular canines. There appeared to be geographical differences in repeatability although this could not be tested statistically. There was no difference in repeatability between cross and stained sections. The effect of precision on population parameters was examined. Smoothing procedures necessary to construct life tables and to do Leslie matrix calculations obscured any differences in ages between readings. Variance between readings was found to give inconsistent notions of sexual maturity. Imprecision caused little overall difference in growth curves. Without known age animals, accuracy cannot be evaluated directly. High correlation between ages from canines from different sides of the same animal, between dentine and cementum of teeth from the same animal, and between readers examining the same sets of teeth gave an indirect suggestion of accuracy. Thesis Phoca hispida ringed seal Theses Canada/Thèses Canada (Library and Archives Canada) |
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Precision of determining age in ringed seals (Phoca hispida) was examined by repeated readings of undecalcified cross sections and decalcified stained longitudinal sections of mandibular canines. There appeared to be geographical differences in repeatability although this could not be tested statistically. There was no difference in repeatability between cross and stained sections. The effect of precision on population parameters was examined. Smoothing procedures necessary to construct life tables and to do Leslie matrix calculations obscured any differences in ages between readings. Variance between readings was found to give inconsistent notions of sexual maturity. Imprecision caused little overall difference in growth curves. Without known age animals, accuracy cannot be evaluated directly. High correlation between ages from canines from different sides of the same animal, between dentine and cementum of teeth from the same animal, and between readers examining the same sets of teeth gave an indirect suggestion of accuracy. |
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A critical evaluation of age determination of ringed seals (Phoca hispida Schreber 1775) / |
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A critical evaluation of age determination of ringed seals (Phoca hispida Schreber 1775) / |
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A critical evaluation of age determination of ringed seals (Phoca hispida Schreber 1775) / |
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A critical evaluation of age determination of ringed seals (Phoca hispida Schreber 1775) / |
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A critical evaluation of age determination of ringed seals (Phoca hispida Schreber 1775) / |
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critical evaluation of age determination of ringed seals (phoca hispida schreber 1775) / |
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