Plasma steroid concentrations of adult male Atlantic sharpnose sharks, Rhizoprionodon terraenovae, in the northern Gulf of Mexico, with notes on potential long term shifts in reproductive timing

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Hoffmayer, Eric R ^a,b   Sulikowski, James A ^c   Hendon, Jill M ^b   Parsons, Glenn R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic sharpnose shark; Estradiol; Gonadosomatic index; Reproductive cycle; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLOOD; BREEDING SEASON; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEXUAL MATURITY; SHARK; STEROID; SYNCHRONY;

CHONDRICHTHYES; RHIZOPRIONODON; RHIZOPRIONODON TERRAENOVAE;

EID: 77649249258     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-010-9603-3     Document Type: Article

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