Using bomb radiocarbon analyses to validate age and growth estimates for the tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier, in the western North Atlantic

Marine Biology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 423-434

  Kneebone, Jeff ^a,b   Natanson, Lisa J ^b   Andrews, Allen H ^c   Howell, W Hunt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^c MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SHARK; SKELETON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

CHONDRICHTHYES; GALEOCERDO; GALEOCERDO CUVIER;

EID: 42449153736     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-008-0934-y     Document Type: Article

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