Identifying reproductive events using archival tags: Egg-laying behaviour of the small spotted catshark Scyliorhinus canicula

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 96-110

  Wearmouth, V J ^a   Southall, E J ^a   Morritt, D ^b   Sims, D W ^a,c  

^a THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elasmobranch; Fisheries; Population dynamics; Reproduction; Telemetry; Teleost

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHARK; TELEMETRY; TIME;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; OVIPOSITION; PERIODICITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SHARKS; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

PISCES; SCYLIORHINIDAE; SCYLIORHINUS CANICULA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 84872567374     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03473.x     Document Type: Article

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