Spatial variation in response to selection for live weight and shell length from data on individually tagged Chilean native oysters (Ostrea chilensis Philippi, 1845)

Aquaculture

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 27-36

  Toro, Jorge E ^a,b   Aguila, Pablo ^b   Vergara, Ana M ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Growth rate; Heritability; Ostrea chilensis

Indexed keywords

OSTREA CHILENSIS; BIVALVIA;

CHILEAN OYSTER; GROWTH; HERITABILITY; OYSTER CULTURE;

CHILE;

EID: 0030607292     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(96)01368-3     Document Type: Article

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