Age and growth of the blue shark Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) off northeastern Brazil

Fisheries Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-30

  Lessa, Rosângela ^a   Santana, Francisco M ^a   Hazin, Fábio H ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Age and growth; Elasmobranchs; Prionace glauca; Southern Atlantic

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GROWTH CURVE; SHARK; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; PRIONACE GLAUCA;

EID: 0842310582     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(03)00193-0     Document Type: Article

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