It is important to understand the ages, growth characteristics, maturation processes, and
longevity of fishes to assess their current population status and to predict how their …

Validated age and growth estimates are important for constructing age-structured population
dynamic models of chondrichthyan fishes, especially those which are exploited. We review …

We compared life-history traits and extinction risk of chondrichthyans (sharks, rays and
chimaeras), a group of high conservation concern, from the three major marine habitats …

Somatic growth is a fundamental property of living organisms, and is of particular importance
for species with indeterminate growth that can change in size continuously throughout their …

The ability to perform age determinations based on the examination of hard anatomical parts
is of fundamental importance in fisheries research. Precise and accurate age information …

We determined age and growth, size at maturity, and fecundity for cownose rays, Rhinoptera
bonasus, collected from the northern Gulf of Mexico. Vertebral age estimates ranged from 0+ …

Biological parameters of the Atlantic sharpnose shark Rhizoprionodon terraenovae in the
northern Gulf of Mexico were re-examined to test for potential changes due to density …

Multimodel frameworks are common in contemporary elasmobranch growth literature. These
techniques offer a proposed improvement over individual growth functions by incorporating …

The current shift of fishery efforts towards the deep sea is raising concern about the
vulnerability of deep-water sharks, which are often poorly studied and characterized by …

The ability to perform age determinations based on the examination of hard anatomical parts
is of fundamental importance in fisheries research. Precise and accurate age information is …