Seasonal and interannual variation in the energetic condition of adult male Atlantic sharpnose shark Rhizoprionodon terraenovae in the northern Gulf of Mexico

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 645-653

  Hoffmayer, E R ^a,b   Parsons, G R ^a   Horton, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Elasmobranch; Hepato somatic index; Liver specific energy content; Total energy content; Water content

Indexed keywords

ENERGETICS; SHARK; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CHONDRICHTHYES; RHIZOPRIONODON TERRAENOVAE;

EID: 33645129494     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2006.00942.x     Document Type: Article

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