The reproductive biology of the porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus) in the western North Atlantic Ocean

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 727-738

  Jensen, Christopher F ^a   Natanson, Lisa J ^a   Pratt Jr , Harold L ^a   Kohler, Nancy E ^a   Campana, Steven E ^a  

^a Division of Marine Fisheries   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SHARK; SIZE AT MATURITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

LAMNA NASUS;

EID: 0036803830     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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