Age and growth of the daggernose shark, Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus, from northern Brazil

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 339-347

  Lessa, Rosangela ^a,b   Santana, Francisco M ^b   Batista, Vandick ^c   Almeida, Zafira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH CURVE; LENGTH-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; SHARK; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

BRAZIL;

ISOGOMPHODON OXYRHYNCHUS;

EID: 0034040370     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF99125     Document Type: Article

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