Reproductive biology of female blue shark Prionace glauca in the southeastern Pacific Ocean

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-102

  Zhu, Jiangfeng ^a,b   Dai, Xiaojie ^a   Xu, Liuxiong ^a   Chen, Xinjun ^a   Chen, Yong ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biology; Gravid; Pacific Ocean; Prionace glauca; Reproductive

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CAPTURE METHOD; DATA SET; FEMALE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SHARK; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST);

CHONDRICHTHYES; PRIONACE GLAUCA;

EID: 79955695164     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-010-9763-1     Document Type: Article

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