Morphometric ratios of six commercially landed species of skate from the Portuguese continental shelf, and their utility for identification

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1596-1603

  Serra Pereira, Bárbara ^a   Farias, Inês ^a   Moura, Teresa ^a   Gordo, Leonel Serrano ^b   Santos, Miguel ^a   Figueiredo, Ivone ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

biometry; fisheries; Portugal; Rajidae; size conversion factors; skates

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIOMETRY; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CONTINENTAL SHELF; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MORPHOMETRY; TELEOST;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PORTUGUESE SHELF;

BRACHYURA; LEUCORAJA NAEVUS; PISCES; RAJA BRACHYURA; RAJIDAE;

EID: 77958187138     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsq056     Document Type: Article

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