Maturation of the gonads and reproductive tracts of the thornback Ray Raja Clavata, with comments on the development of a standardized reproductive terminology for oviparous elasmobranchs

Marine and Coastal Fisheries

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 160-175

  Serra Pereira, Bárbara ^a,b   Figueiredo, Ivone ^a   Gordo, Leonel Serrano ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASMOBRANCHII; RAJA CLAVATA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 80052916657     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19425120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19425120.2011.555707     Document Type: Article

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