The reproductive ecology and abundance of Sympterygia bonapartii endemic to the south-west Atlantic

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 951-967

  Mabragana E ^a   Lucifora, L O ^b,c   Massa, A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO PESQUERO INIDEP   (Argentina)

^c Correo Central ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chondrichthyes; Egg cases; Estuary; Life history; Maturity; Nursery areas

Indexed keywords

ESTUARY; HABITAT USE; LIFE HISTORY; NURSERY GROUND; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURITY; SIZE AT MATURITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

CHONDRICHTHYES; SYMPTERYGIA BONAPARTII;

EID: 0036557797     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.2002.1903     Document Type: Article

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