Growth pattern and reproductive strategy of the holocephalan Chimaera monstrosa along the Portuguese continental slope

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 801-804

  Moura, Teresa ^a   Figueiredo, Ivone ^a   Machado, Pedro Bordalo ^a   Gordo, Leonel Serrano ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; FISH; GROWTH; REPRODUCTION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

CHIMAERA MONSTROSA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4544371413     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002531540400997Xh     Document Type: Article

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