From the forests to teeth: visual crossdating to refine age estimates in marine mammals

• Published in: Marine Mammal Science
• Main Authors: Hamilton, V, Evans, K, Hindell, M
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Soc Marine Mammalogy 2017
• Subjects: growth layer group (GLG); accessory layer; sperm whale; crossdating; Lockyer; Sperm whale
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/44625/; https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12392

Estimation of the age of individuals is a fundamental parameter for understanding the biology of individuals and ecology of populations. Incremental growth deposits in tooth dentine or cementum, known as growth layer groups (GLGs), have been used to estimate the age of toothed marine mammals (odonto...