Reproductive biology of the brown smoothhound shark Mustelus henlei, in the northern Gulf of California, México

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 782-792

  Perez Jimenez J C ^a,b   Sosa Nishizaki, O ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Mustelus henlei; Reproductive cycle; Size at maturity

Indexed keywords

CHONDRICHTHYES; MUSTELUS HENLEI;

EID: 51749089318     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.01939.x     Document Type: Article

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