Heritability estimates of larval shell length in the chilean blue mussel Mytilus chilensis, under different food densities

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 347-350

  Toro, Jorge E ^a,b   Paredes, Loreto I ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chile; heritability; larval growth; Mytilus chilensis

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; MYTILUS CHILENSIS; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 0030454503     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr:1996037     Document Type: Article

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