Myrick, Albert C., Jr.


2 publications

Domning, Daryl Paul; Myrick, Albert C., Jr. (detail)
1980Tetracycline marking and the possible layering rate of bone in an Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis). In: W. F. Perrin & A. C. Myrick, Jr. (eds.), Age determination of toothed whales and sirenians.
Repts. Internatl. Whaling Comm., _ Special Issue 3: 203-207. 3 figs.
—The successful marking of a rib, using a 7.1-8.5 mg/kg dosage of Terramycin, suggests a periosteal bone deposition rate of one layer per year. Layering in ribs and mandibles of T. manatus is also discussed.
Myrick, Albert C., Jr. (detail)
1984Time significance of layering in some mammalian hard tissues and its application in population studies.
Acta Zool. Fennica No. 171: 217-220.