Captive breeding of the barndoor skate (Dipturus laevis) at the Montreal biodome, with comparison notes on two other captive-bred skate species

Zoo Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-153

  Parent, Serge ^a,b   Pépin, Serge ^a   Genet, Jean Pierre ^a   Misserey, Laurent ^a   Rojas, Salvador ^a  

^a Biodome de Montreal   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquarium; Barndoor skate; Breeding; Fecundity; Rays; Thorny skate; Winter skate

Indexed keywords

AMBLYRAJA RADIATA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DIPTURUS LAEVIS; EUPHAUSIACEA; LEUCORAJA OCELLATA;

EID: 42949141495     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: 10982361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.20170     Document Type: Article

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