Reproductive biology of the smooth-hound shark Mustelus mustelus (L.) in the Gulf of Gabès (south-central Mediterranean Sea)

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1343-1354

  Saidi B ^a   Bradai M N ^a   Bouain A ^b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LA MER   (Tunisia)

^b Faculté des Sciences de Sfax   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Mediterranean Sea; Mustelus mustelus; Reproduction; Triakidae

Indexed keywords

CHONDRICHTHYES; MUSTELUS CANIS CANIS; MUSTELUS MUSTELUS; TRIAKIDAE;

EID: 42049116989     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.01801.x     Document Type: Article

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