Estimating the Age of West Greenland Humpback Whales Through Aspartic Acid Racemization and Eye Lens Bomb Radiocarbon Methods

Estimating the Age of West Greenland Humpback Whales Through Aspartic Acid Racemization and Eye Lens Bomb Radiocarbon Methods

To maintain a sustainable harvest of marine mammals, knowledge on key life history parameters such as age is essential. In West Greenland, humpback whale numbers were low during the 1980s due to past commercial whaling. However, the moratorium, which was enforced in 1986, had a positive effect on th...

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Main Authors: Tenna K. Boye, Eva Garde, Julius Nielsen, Rasmus Hedeholm, Jesper Olsen, Malene Simon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
humpback whales
West Greenland
age
radiocarbon dating
aspartic acid racemization
post whaling
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2019.00811/full

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