Sexual maturity and feeding of the gulper shark, Centrophorus granulosus, from the eastern Mediterranean Sea

Cybium

Volumn 30, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2006, Pages 67-74

  Megalofonou, Persefoni ^a   Chatzispyrou, Archontia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Centrophoridae; Centrophorus granulosus; Crete; Feeding; MED; Sexual maturity

Indexed keywords

CENTROPHORIDAE; CENTROPHORUS GRANULOSUS; CEPHALOPODA; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 34247188581     PISSN: 03990974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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