Adult age-specific embryonic viability of the northern quahog

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 633-639

  Walker, Randal L ^a   Heffernan, Peter B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; MERCENARIA MERCENARIA;

EID: 0029821405     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(1996)016<0633:AASEVO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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