Biological observations on a rare deep-sea shark, dalatias licha (chondrichthyes: Dalatiidae), off the maghreb coast (south-western mediterranean)

Pan-American Journal of Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 355-360

  Capapé, Christian ^a   Hemida, Farid ^b   Quignard, Jean Pierre ^a   Amor, Mohamed Mourad Ben ^c   Reynaud, Christian ^d  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b University Campus of Dely Ibrahim   (Algeria)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LA MER   (Tunisia)

^d University of Montpellier South of France   (France)

Author keywords

Diet; Pregnant female; Reproductive biology; Size at birth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861755647     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18099009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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