Age determination and validation in chondrichthyan fishes

Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 399-448

  Cailliet, Gregor M ^a   Goldman, Kenneth J ^b  

^a MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Jackson State University   (United States)

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