Reproductive seasonality and embryo development in the draughtboard shark Cephaloscyllium laticeps

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1265-1272

  Awruch, C A ^a   Pankhurst, N W ^b   Frusher, S D ^a   Stevens, J D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Reproductive cycle; Reproductive hormones; Scyliorhinidae; Swell shark.

Indexed keywords

EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCRINOLOGY; HORMONE; OVIPARITY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEASONALITY; SHARK;

CEPHALOSCYLLIUM LATICEPS; CEPHALOSCYLLIUM VENTRIOSUM; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; SCYLIORHINIDAE;

EID: 73249153401     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF09030     Document Type: Article

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