Contemporaneous deposition of annual growth bands in Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus), Mercenaria campechiensis (Gmelin), and their natural hybrid forms

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 93-109

  Arnold, W S ^a   Bert, T M ^a   Quitmyer, I R ^b   Jones, D S ^b  

^a FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Hybrid zones; Hybridization; Mercenaria campechiensis; Mercenaria mercenaria; Seasonality; Shell banding

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; HYBRID; SHELL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CLAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; GROWTH; HYBRID; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHELLFISH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUMMER; WINTER;

USA, FLROIDA, INDIAN RIVER LAGOON;

BIVALVIA; MERCENARIA CAMPECHIENSIS; MERCENARIA MERCENARIA;

EID: 0032076942     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00152-4     Document Type: Article

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