The function of the sawfish's saw

Current Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Wueringer, Barbara E ^a,b   Squire, Lyle ^c   Kajiura, Stephen M ^d   Hart, Nathan S ^b   Collin, Shaun P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Cairns Marine   (Australia)

^d FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRISTIDAE;

EID: 84857955130     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.01.055     Document Type: Letter

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