Age and growth estimates of the bigeye thresher shark, Alopias superciliosus, in northeastern Taiwan waters

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 482-491

  Liu, Kwang Ming ^a   Chiang, Po Jen ^a   Chen, Che Tsung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; AGE DETERMINATION; GROWTH; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

TAIWAN;

ALOPIAS SUPERCILIOSUS;

EID: 0031874035     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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