The use of caudal thorns for ageing Raja undulata from the Portuguese continental shelf, with comments on its reproductive cycle

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 983-992

  Moura, Teresa ^a   Figueiredo, Ivone ^a   Farias, Inês ^a   Serra Pereira, Bárbara ^b   Coelho, Rui ^c   Erzini, Karim ^c   Neves, Ana ^b   Gordo, Leonel Serrano ^b  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Growth; Portugal; Reproduction; Vertebrae

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH RATE; REPRODUCTION; VERTEBRATE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

RAJA UNDULATA;

EID: 36749066718     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF07042     Document Type: Article

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