Age determination of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) using dental radiography pulp:tooth area ratio measurements

• Jean M. Herrman ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: drjean@dentalcarevet.com

  Affiliation Companion Animal Dental Services, Bolton, Connecticut, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2894-5714

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• Jeanine S. Morey,

  Roles Data curation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Marine Mammal Foundation, San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Ryan Takeshita,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Marine Mammal Foundation, San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Sylvain De Guise,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

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• Randall S. Wells,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Chicago Zoological Society’s Sarasota Dolphin Research Program, c/o Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida, United States of America

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• Wayne McFee,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation NOAA Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research, Charleston, SC, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5781-2961

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• Todd Speakman,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Marine Mammal Foundation, San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Forrest Townsend,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bayside Hospital for Animals, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, United States of America

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• Cynthia R. Smith,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Marine Mammal Foundation, San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Teresa Rowles,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

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• Lori Schwacke

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Marine Mammal Foundation, San Diego, California, United States of America

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