First age and growth estimates in the deep water shark, Etmopterus Spinax (Linnaeus, 1758), by deep coned vertebral analysis

Marine Biology

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1207-1214

  Gennari, Enrico ^a   Scacco, Umberto ^a  

^a ICRAM   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BYCATCH; DEEP WATER; GROWTH DETERMINATION; LOBSTER; LONGEVITY; SHARK;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

CARNIVORA; CHONDRICHTHYES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ETMOPTERUS SPINAX; FARFANTEPENAEUS AZTECUS; NEPHROPS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 34548663376     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-007-0769-y     Document Type: Article

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