Age, growth, reproduction and food of common stingray (Dasyatis pastinaca L., 1758) in İskenderun Bay, the eastern Mediterranean

Fisheries Research

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 169-176

  Ismen, Ali ^a  

^a ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Age; Common stingray; Feeding; Growth; skenderun Bay; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

AGE; FEEDING; FISH; GROWTH; REPRODUCTION; STOMACH CONTENT;

TURKEY;

CRUSTACEA; DASYATIS PASTINACA; PASTINACA;

EID: 0037472714     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(02)00058-9     Document Type: Article

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