Reproductive biology of the whiskery shark, Furgaleus macki, off south-western Australia

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 687-693

  Simpfendorfer, Colin A ^a,b   Unsworth, Philip ^a  

^a WESTERN AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES AND MARINE RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Australia)

^b CENTER FOR SHARK RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Reproduction; Triakidae

Indexed keywords

FISH; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEXUAL MATURITY;

FURGALEUS MACKI;

EID: 0032426855     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF97052     Document Type: Article

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