Age-structure, recruitment, and adult mortality in populations of the Atlantic surfclam, Spisula solidissima, from 1978 to 1997

Marine Biology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 113-125

  Weinberg, J R ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; FISHERY; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT;

UNITED STATES;

SPISULA SOLIDISSIMA;

EID: 0032971118     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050530     Document Type: Article

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