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Vertebral Bomb Radiocarbon Suggests Extreme Longevity in White Sharks

Conservation and management efforts for white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) remain hampered by a lack of basic demographic information including age and growth rates. Sharks are typically aged by counting growth bands sequentially deposited in their vertebrae, but the assumption of annual depositi...

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Autores principales: Hamady, Li Ling, Natanson, Lisa J., Skomal, Gregory B., Thorrold, Simon R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3885533/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24416189
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084006