Age, growth, maturity, and mortality of the Alaska skate, Bathyraja parmifera, in the eastern Bering Sea

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 80, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 309-323

  Matta, Mary Elizabeth ^a   Gunderson, Donald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Caudal thorns; Elasmobranch; Life history; Natural mortality; Rajidae

Indexed keywords

AGE; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY; MATURATION; MORTALITY;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

BATHYRAJA PARMIFERA; RAJIDAE;

EID: 34948830060     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-007-9223-8     Document Type: Article

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