Effect of growout density on heritability of growth rate in the northern quahog, Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 341-344

  Crenshaw Jr , John W ^a   Heffernan, Peter B ^a,b   Walker, Randal L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

crowding; Genetic selection; growth rate; heritability; quahog

Indexed keywords

MERCENARIA MERCENARIA;

EID: 0029775230     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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