Age and growth estimates for the starry smoothhound (Mustelus asterias) in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 931-939

  Farrell, Edward D ^a   Mariani, Stefano ^a   Clarke, Maurice W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Conservation; Elasmobranch; Fisheries management; Gompertz; Triakidae; Vertebrae; Von Bertalanffy

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH DETERMINATION; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; LONGEVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHARK; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

ASTERIAS; MUSTELUS ASTERIAS; TRIAKIDAE;

EID: 77953626551     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp295     Document Type: Article

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