Age and Growth of Endangered Smalltooth Sawfish (Pristis pectinata) Verified with LA-ICP-MS Analysis of Vertebrae

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Scharer, Rachel M ^a   Patterson III, William F ^a,d   Carlson, John K ^b   Poulakis, Gregg R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^c FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASMOBRANCH; FEMALE; FISH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PERIODICITY; PRISTIS PECTINATA; SALINITY; VERTEBRA;

AGING; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ESTUARIES; FEMALE; FLORIDA; GEOGRAPHY; LASERS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOSPHORUS; SKATES (FISH); SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; SPINE; STRONTIUM;

EID: 84867637501     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047850     Document Type: Article

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