Reproductive ecology and abundance of the sand tiger shark, Carcharias taurus, from the southwestern Atlantic

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 553-561

  Lucifora, Luis O ^a   Menni, Roberto C ^a   Escalante, Alicia H ^b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chondrichthyes; Elasmobranchii; Life history; Mating; Recreational fisheries; Seasonal movements; South America

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SHARK;

(SOUTHWEST); ANEGADA BAY; ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE;

CARCHARIAS TAURUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; GALEOCERDO; GALEOCERDO CUVIER; ODONTASPIDIDAE; PANTHERA TIGRIS;

EID: 0036626143     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.2002.1183     Document Type: Article

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