Effects of harvesting and density dependence on the demography of sandy beach populations: The yellow clam Mesodesma mactroides of Uruguay

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 182, Issue , 1999, Pages 127-135

  Brazeiro, Alejandro ^a   Defeo, Omar ^b,c  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Instituto Nacional de Pesca Montevideo   (Uruguay)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Demography; Density dependence; Elasticity; Fishery; Harvesting; Human impact; Long term; Management; Matrix model; Sandy beach

Indexed keywords

BEACH; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HARVESTING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MOLLUSC; POPULATION PRESSURE;

URUGUAY;

BIVALVIA; MESODESMA MACTROIDES;

EID: 0033546325     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps182127     Document Type: Article

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