Reproductive biology of Rioraja agassizi from the coastal southwestern Atlantic ecosystem between northern Uruguay (34°S) and northern Argentina (42°S)

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 80, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 277-284

  Colonello, Jorge H ^a,b   García, Mirta L ^b,c   Lasta, Carlos A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO PESQUERO INIDEP   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Life history; Maturity; Rajidae; Reproductive cycle

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; FISH; LIFE HISTORY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE;

ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); SOUTH AMERICA;

RAJIDAE; RIORAJA;

EID: 34948826848     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-007-9239-0     Document Type: Article

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