Ontogenetic vertebral growth patterns in the basking shark Cetorhinus maximus

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 361, Issue , 2008, Pages 267-278

  Natanson, Lisa J ^a   Wintner, Sabine P ^a,b,p   Johansson, Friederike ^c   Piercy, Andrew ^d   Campbell, Patrick ^e   De Maddalena, Alessandro ^f,p   Gulak, Simon J B ^g   Human, Brett ^h   Fulgosi, Franco Cigala ⁱ   Ebert, David A ^j   Hemida, Farid ^k   Mollen, Frederik H ^l   Vanni, Stefano ^m   Burgess, George H ^d   Compagno, Leonard J V ⁿ   Wedderburn Maxwell, Andrew ^o  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Natal Sharks Board   (South Africa)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^f Banca Dati Italians Squalo Bianco   (Italy)

^g SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^h Marine Science and Fisheries Centre (Biodiversity Project)   (Oman)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^j MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

^l Elasmobranch Research   (Belgium)

^m UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

ⁿ IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^o Umhlanga Hospital   (South Africa)

^p UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

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Author keywords

Age; Basking shark; Cetorhinus maximus; Growth; Vertebrae

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; ONTOGENY; SHARK;

CETORHININAE; CETORHINUS MAXIMUS; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 47149101777     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07399     Document Type: Article

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