Age and size at sexual maturity for the winter skate, Leucoraja ocellata, in the western Gulf of Maine based on morphological, histological and steroid hormone analyses

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 429-441

  Sulikowski, James A ^a   Tsang, Paul C W ^a   Howell, W Huntting ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elasmobranch; Estradiol; Life history; Spermatogenesis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; SIZE AT MATURITY; STEROID;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

LEUCORAJA OCELLATA;

EID: 18844374418     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-004-2866-9     Document Type: Article

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