Capture of a pregnant female white shark, Carcharodon carcharias (Lamnidae) in the Gulf of Gabès (southern Tunisia, central Mediterranean) with comments on oophagy in sharks

Cybium

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 303-307

  Saïdi, Béchir ^a   Bradaï, Mohamed Nejmeddine ^a   Bouaïn, Abderrahman ^b   Guélorget, Olivier ^c   Capapé, Christian ^c  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LA MER   (Tunisia)

^b University of Sfax   (Tunisia)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Carcharodon carcharias; Chondrichthyes; Embryonic development; Gulf of Gab s; Lamnidae; MED; Oophagy; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646122823     PISSN: 03990974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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