Population Structure and Mortality of the Neptune Whelk Neptunea arthritica in Usu Bay, Southern Hokkaido

Fisheries Science

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 184-188

  Fujinaga, Katsuaki ^a   Nakao, Shigeru ^b  

^a Dohto University   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age group; Egg capsule; Egg mass; Mortality rate; Neptunea arthritica; Population structure

Indexed keywords

NEPTUNEA; NEPTUNEA ARTHRITICA;

EID: 0008661615     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.62.184     Document Type: Article

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