Husbandry and reproduction of Whitetip reef sharks Triaenodon obesus at Steinhart Aquarium, San Francisco

International Zoo Yearbook

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 232-240

  Schaller, P ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Gestation; Mating wounds; Parturition; Pup; Reproduction; Ultrasound; Whitetip reef shark

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448998958     PISSN: 00749664     EISSN: 17481090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1090.2006.00232.x     Document Type: Article

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