Dermal bite wounds as indicators of reproductive seasonality and behaviour in the Atlantic stingray, Dasyatis sabina

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-31

  Kajiura, Stephen M ^a,b   Sebastian, Agustin P ^a,c   Tricas, Timothy C ^a  

^a Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Batoid; Courtship; Dasyatidae; Elasmobranchs; Mating; Scars

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; INJURY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

DASYATIS SABINA;

EID: 0034112235     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007667108362     Document Type: Article

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