Diet of Pacific sleeper shark, Somniosus pacificus, in the Gulf of Alaska

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 406-409

  Yang, Mei Sun ^a   Page, Benjamin N ^a  

^a NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOMNIOSUS PACIFICUS;

EID: 0032966569     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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