Reproductive biology of shovelnose guitarfish Rhinobatos productus from the eastern Gulf of California México

Marine Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1445-1454

  Márquez Farías, J Fernando ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LA PESCA   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL FISHERY; BYCATCH; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FECUNDITY; FISH; GILLNET; HISTOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY; MATURATION; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SHALLOW WATER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAWLING;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

RHINOBATIDAE; RHINOBATOS PRODUCTUS;

EID: 34247562708     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0599-3     Document Type: Article

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