Age and growth of the blacknose shark, Carcharhinus acronotus, in the eastern Gulf of Mexico

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 1999, Pages 684-691

  Carlson, John K ^a   Cortés, Enric ^a   Johnson, Allyn G ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; FISH; GROWTH; LONGEVITY;

GULF OF MEXICO;

CARCHARHINUS ACRONOTUS;

EID: 0033517046     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447600     Document Type: Article

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