Reproductive life history of the Atlantic stingray, Dasyatis sabina (Pisces, Dasyatidae), in the freshwater St. Johns River, Florida

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 74-88

  Johnson, Michael R ^a,b   Snelson Jr , Franklin F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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