Within-raft variability of the growth rate of mussels, Mytilus galloprovincialis, cultivated in the Ria de Arousa (NW Spain)

Aquaculture

Volumn 189, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 39-52

  Fuentes, José ^a   Gregorio, Victoria ^a   Giráldez, Ramón ^a   Molares, José ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓNS MARIÑAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Density; Depth; Growth; Mussels; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Raft culture

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; GROWTH RATE; MOLLUSC; STOCKING DENSITY;

SPAIN;

MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 0034715333     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(00)00357-4     Document Type: Article

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