A re-examination of the age and growth of sand tiger sharks, Carcharias taurus, in the western North Atlantic: the importance of ageing protocols and use of multiple back-calculation techniques
- 6 September 2006
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Environmental Biology of Fishes
- Vol. 77 (3-4) , 241-252
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