Reproduction and seasonal occurrence of the copper shark, Carcharhinus brachyurus, from north Patagonia, Argentina

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 107-115

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

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chondrichthyes; copper shark; life history; nursery area; South America

Indexed keywords

MATURATION; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; SHARK; SIZE AT MATURITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CACAJAO; CARCHARHINUS; CARCHARHINUS BRACHYURUS; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 12344338784     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icesjms.2004.09.003     Document Type: Article

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