Open Journal of Animal Sciences

Vol.7 No.4(2017), Paper ID 79298, 11 pages

DOI:10.4236/ojas.2017.74032

 

Utility of the Transition Phase in Earplugs of the North Pacific Common Minke Whale as an Indicator of Age at Sexual Maturity

 

Hikari Maeda, Yoshihiro Fujise, Toshiya Kishiro, Hidehiro Kato

 

National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, Yokohama, Japan
The Institute of Cetacean Research, Tokyo, Japan
Headquarters, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, Yokohama, Japan
Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan

 

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Maeda, H. , Fujise, Y. , Kishiro, T. and Kato, H. (2017) Utility of the Transition Phase in Earplugs of the North Pacific Common Minke Whale as an Indicator of Age at Sexual Maturity. Open Journal of Animal Sciences, 7, 414-424. doi: 10.4236/ojas.2017.74032.

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