Reproductive biology of deep-sea catsharks (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) in the eastern North Pacific

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-49

  Flammang, Brooke E ^a,b   Ebert, David A ^a   Cailliet, Gregor M ^a  

^a MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg case; Gonadosomatic index; Maturity; Reproduction; Seasonality; Weight length regression

Indexed keywords

DEEP SEA; EGG; MATURATION; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEASONALITY; SHARK;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

APRISTURUS BRUNNEUS; APRISTURUS KAMPAE; CHONDRICHTHYES; PARMATURUS XANIURUS; SCYLIORHINIDAE;

EID: 35848929472     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-006-9162-9     Document Type: Article

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