Shark and skate egg-cases cast up on two South African beaches and their rates of hatching success, or causes of death

South African Journal of Zoology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 112-117

  Smith, Craig ^a   Griffiths, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG CASE; HATCHING SUCCESS; MORTALITY; PREDATION; SHARK; SKATE;

BUMUPENA; GASTROPODA; HAPLOBLEPHARUS; HAPLOBLEPHARUS FUSCUS; PORODERMA; SCYLIORHINIDAE;

EID: 0031403240     PISSN: 02541858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02541858.1997.11448441     Document Type: Article

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