Validated age and growth estimates for the shortfin mako, Isurus oxyrinchus, in the North Atlantic Ocean

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 77, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 367-383

  Natanson, Lisa J ^a   Kohler, Nancy E ^a   Ardizzone, Daniele ^b   Cailliet, Gregor M ^b   Wintner, Sabine P ^c   Mollet, Henry F ^b  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c Natal Sharks Board   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bomb carbon; Length frequency; Mako shark; Tag recapture; Tetracycline; Validation

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BODY SIZE; BONE; GROWTH DETERMINATION; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; RADIOCARBON DATING; SHARK; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

CHONDRICHTHYES; ISURUS; ISURUS OXYRINCHUS;

EID: 33751242319     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-006-9127-z     Document Type: Article

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