Size at first sexual maturity of two species of rajoid skates, genera Atlantoraja and Dipturus (Pisces, Elasmobranchii, Rajidae), from the south-western Atlantic Ocean

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 70-72

  Oddone, Maria Cristina ^a,b   Paesch, L ^a   Norbis, W ^a  

^a DINARA   (Uruguay)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; BODY SIZE; FLATFISH; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ATLANTORAJA; ATLANTORAJA CASTELNAUI; DIPTURUS; DIPTURUS CHILENSIS; ELASMOBRANCHII; PISCES; RAJIDAE; RAJOIDEA;

EID: 14644414244     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2004.00597.x     Document Type: Article

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