External morphology of the short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis : growth, allometric relationships and sexual dimorphism

• Main Authors: Murphy, Sinead Noirin, Rogan, E
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: common dolphin; Delphinus delphis; cetaceans; morphometrics; Gompertz growth curve; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHINS; PORPOISE PHOCOENOIDES-DALLI; WESTERN NORTH-ATLANTIC; TURSIOPS-TRUNCATUS; POSTNATAL-GROWTH; BODY-SIZE; HARBOR-PORPOISES; TAXONOMIC STATUS; PACIFIC-OCEAN; EASTERN; Humps; Pacific; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/researchoutput/external-morphology-of-the-shortbeaked-common-dolphin-delphinus-delphis-growth-allometric-relationships-and-sexual-dimorphism(9b6fea72-d176-49af-a913-f534ad4d901d).html

Growth, allometric relationships and sexual dimorphism are described from measurements of 105 male, 149 female and 38 unsexed specimens of short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis, stranded along the Irish coastline (53.8% of the sample) or by-caught in fisheries (46.2% of the sample), from 19...