Preliminary study on the use of neural arches in the age determination of bluntnose sixgill sharks (Hexanchus griseus)

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 861-864

  McFarlane, Gordon A ^a   King, Jacquelynne R ^a   Saunders, Mark W ^a  

^a PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; SHARK;

HEXANCHUS GRISEUS;

EID: 0036804344     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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