Seasonal dynamics of dental sexual dimorphism in the atlantic stingray Dasyatis sabina

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2297-2306

  Kajiura, Stephen M ^a,b   Tricas, Timothy C ^a  

^a Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Dasyatidae; Dasyatis sabina; dentition; elasmobranch; phenotypic plasticity; seasonal; sexual dimorphism; stingray; tooth morphology

Indexed keywords

CHONDRICHTHYES; DASYATIDAE; DASYATIS SABINA; PISCES; SABINA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030476270     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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