Sexual maturity and fecundity of Scyliorhinus canicula (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Aegean Sea

Marine Biology Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 390-398

  Kousteni, Vasiliki ^a   Kontopoulou, Mary ^a   Megalofonou, Persefoni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Mediterranean Sea; Scyliorhinus canicula; Sexual maturity

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FECUNDITY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MATURATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL MATURITY; SHARK; TRAWLING;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

SCYLIORHINIDAE; SCYLIORHINUS CANICULA;

EID: 77952794290     PISSN: 17451000     EISSN: 17451019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17451000903233771     Document Type: Article

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