TY - JOUR
T1 - First description of a deceased juvenile whale shark Rhincodon typus in la paz bay, mexico with comments on morphometry and age estimates
AU - Whitehead, Darren
AU - Galván-Magaña, Felipe
AU - Soto-López, Katherin
AU - Juaristi-Videgaray, Diego
AU - Cervantes-Gutiérrez, Fabián
AU - Becerril-García, Edgar Eduardo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Escuela de Ciencias del Mar. All rights reserved.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - This paper is the first report with morphometric measurements in the Eastern Tropical Pacific of a deceased 5.48 m juvenile whale shark Rhincodon typus, from a rare stranding in La Paz Bay in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Biological measurements and age estimation are provided by the analysis of photographs and growth in rings from vertebrae.
AB - This paper is the first report with morphometric measurements in the Eastern Tropical Pacific of a deceased 5.48 m juvenile whale shark Rhincodon typus, from a rare stranding in La Paz Bay in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Biological measurements and age estimation are provided by the analysis of photographs and growth in rings from vertebrae.
KW - Age
KW - Gulf of California
KW - Rhincodon typus
KW - Stranding
KW - Vertebrae
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U2 - 10.3856/vol47-issue3-fulltext-19
DO - 10.3856/vol47-issue3-fulltext-19
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85071094896
SN - 0718-560X
VL - 47
SP - 575
EP - 579
JO - Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research
JF - Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research
IS - 3
ER -