Distribution, abundance, population structure and meat yield of the ocean quahog, Arctica islandica, in Icelandic waters

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1107-1114

  Thórarinsdóttir, Gudrún G ^a   Einarsson, Sólmundur T ^a  

^a MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTICA ISLANDICA; BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA;

ABUNDANCE; DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SHELLFISH FISHERIES;

ICELAND;

EID: 0030303002     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0025315400040996     Document Type: Article

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