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    • Bottlenose dolphin age structure and growth in the Mississippi Sound region of the Gulf of Mexico

    Metadata Updated: April 1, 2024

    Teeth were collected from bottlenose dolphins that stranded within the north-central Gulf of Mexico between 1986-2003. These teeth were sectioned and growth rings were used to estimate the age of individual animals, and these estimates were used to develop sex-specific growth curves. These curves can be used to estimate the age of stranded animals based upon their observed length and provide insight into the demographics and population dynamics of bottlenose dolphins in the North-Central Gulf of Mexico.

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    Metadata Date February 29, 2024
    Metadata Created Date July 28, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date April 1, 2024
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    Harvested from NMFS SEFSC

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date February 29, 2024
    Metadata Created Date July 28, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date April 1, 2024
    Reference Date(s) (publication)
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    Guid gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:26468
    Access Constraints Cite As: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: Bottlenose dolphin age structure and growth in the Mississippi Sound region of the Gulf of Mexico [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/26468., Access Constraints: None
    Bbox East Long -80.5
    Bbox North Lat 31
    Bbox South Lat 24.5
    Bbox West Long -98
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update
    Harvest Object Id adf62d96-92ed-43a4-a40f-5490a6070014
    Harvest Source Id ca759a40-507d-4d0c-8f8c-64b3c5e05066
    Harvest Source Title NMFS SEFSC
    Licence NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
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    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-98.0, 24.5], [-80.5, 24.5], [-80.5, 31.0], [-98.0, 31.0], [-98.0, 24.5]]]}
    Progress underDevelopment
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 1986
    Temporal Extent End 2003

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