Age and growth of the roughtail skate Bathyraja trachura (Gilbert 1892) from the eastern North Pacific

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 80, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 325-336

  Davis, Chanté D ^a   Cailliet, Gregor M ^a   Ebert, David A ^a  

^a MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Caudal thorns; Elasmobranch; Skate; Vertebral thin sections

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISH; GROWTH;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

BATHYRAJA TRACHURA;

EID: 34948885544     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-007-9224-7     Document Type: Article

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