Dispersion and mortality of a population of sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) seeded in a tidal channel

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 38-54

  Hatcher, Bruce G ^a   Scheibling, Robert E ^a   Barbeau, Myriam A ^a   Hennigar, Alan W ^a   Taylor, Lawrence H ^a   Windust, Anthony J ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ASTERIAS; ASTEROIDEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PECTINIDAE; PLACOPECTEN MAGELLANICUS;

BIVALVE; DISPERSION; MORTALITY; SCALLOP CULTURE; SEA SCALLOP; SEEDING; TIDAL CHANNEL;

CANADA, NOVA SCOTIA; CANADA, NOVA SCOTIA, LUNENBURG BAY;

EID: 0029773997     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f95-170     Document Type: Article

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