Artisanal fisheries and reproductive biology of the golden cownose ray, Rhinoptera steindachneri Evermann and Jenkins, 1891, in the northern Mexican Pacific

Fisheries Research

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-146

  Bizzarro, Joseph J ^a   Smith, Wade D ^a   Márquez Farías, J Fernando ^b   Hueter, Robert E ^c  

^a MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LA PESCA   (Mexico)

^c CENTER FOR SHARK RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Artisanal fisheries; Bah a Almejas; Elasmobranch; Gulf of California; Reproductive biology; Rhinoptera steindachneri

Indexed keywords

RHINOPTERA STEINDACHNERI; RHINOPTERINAE;

EID: 33847013742     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2006.10.016     Document Type: Article

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