Length at maturity of the greeneye spurdog shark, Squalus mitsukurii (Elasmobranchii: Squalidae), from the SW Atlantic, with comparisons with other regions

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 629-632

  Lucifora, Luis O ^a   Valero, Juan L ^b   García, Verónica B ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c A Saenz 3250 Iro A ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Geographic variability; Life history; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; SEXUAL MATURITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; SQUALIDAE; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS; SQUALUS MITSUKURII; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032848345     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF98167     Document Type: Article

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