Reproductive biology and abundance of the white-dotted skate, Bathyraja albomaculata, in the Southwest Atlantic

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 105-116

  Ruocco, Natalia L ^a   Lucifora, Luis O ^b   Díaz De Astarloa, Juan M ^a   Wöhler, Otto ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

Argentina; Elasmobranch; Life history; Oviparity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SIZE AT MATURITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

BATHYRAJA; BATHYRAJA ALBOMACULATA; ELASMOBRANCHII;

EID: 30144443764     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icesjms.2005.08.007     Document Type: Article

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