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The density of elasmobranchs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Q. Bone  and
B. L. Roberts
Q. Bone
Affiliation:
The Plymouth Laboratory
B. L. Roberts
Affiliation:
The Plymouth Laboratory
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The density of 18 species, measured by weighing them in sea water and in air, was found to vary widely. The weights of these fish in sea water ranged from about 7 % to less than 1 % of their air weights.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 49 , Issue 4 , November 1969 , pp. 913 - 937
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1969

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