Surface bands on deepwater squalid dorsal-fin spines: An alternative method for ageing Centroselachus crepidater

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 617-627

  Irvine, Sarah B ^a,b,c   Stevens, John D ^b   Laurenson, Laurie J B ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Biodiversity and Biosecurity Branch   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SHARK;

ANIMALIA; CENTROSCYMNUS; SQUALIDAE;

EID: 33646852295     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f05-237     Document Type: Article

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