Putative mating behavior in basking sharks off the Nova Scotia coast

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 1999, Pages 780-782

  Harvey Clark, C J ^a   Stobo, W T ^b   Helle, E ^c   Mattson, M ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; FISH; MATING BEHAVIOR;

CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA;

CETORHINUS MAXIMUS;

EID: 0033516992     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447614     Document Type: Article

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