Preliminary observations on the reproductive cycle and uterine fecundity of the yellow stingray, Urobatis jamaicensis (elasmobranchii: Myliobatiformes: Urolophidae) in Southeast Florida, U.S.A

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2007, Pages 131-139

  Fahy, Daniel P ^a   Spieler, Richard E ^a   Hamlett, William C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elasmobranch; Reproductive cycle; Uterine fecundity; Yellow stingray

Indexed keywords

ELASMOBRANCHII; MYLIOBATIFORMES; UROBATIS JAMAICENSIS; UROLOPHIDAE;

EID: 54349117744     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02172445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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