Age and growth of New Zealand school shark, Galeorhinus galeus

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 427-440

  Francis, Malcolm P ^a   Mulligan, Kevin P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Age; Galeorhinus galeus; GROTAG; Growth; Length frequency; MULTIFAN; School shark; Tagging

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; FISH; GROWTH DETERMINATION; LONGEVITY;

NEW ZEALAND;

GALEORHINUS GALEUS;

EID: 0032406126     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1998.9516835     Document Type: Article

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