Reproductive biology of the school shark, Galeorhinus galeus, off Argentina: Support for a single south western Atlantic population with synchronized migratory movements

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 199-209

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

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO PESQUERO INIDEP   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chondrichthyes; CPUE; Life history; Reproduction; South America

Indexed keywords

CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FECUNDITY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SHARK; SIZE AT MATURITY;

ANEGADA BAY; ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CHONDRICHTHYES; GALEORHINUS GALEUS; GALEUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 12544257423     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-004-0305-6     Document Type: Article

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