Growth and production of the venerid bivalve Eurhomalea exalbida in the Beagle Channel, Tierra del Fuego

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 209-216

  Lomovasky, Betina J ^a   Brey, Thomas ^b   Morriconi, Elba ^a   Calvo, Jorge ^a  

^a CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beagle Channel; Clams; Eurhomalea exalbida; Growth; Mortality; Production

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; MOLLUSC; MORTALITY; PRODUCTIVITY;

ARGENTINA;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; VENEROIDA;

EID: 0036829690     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-1101(02)00133-8     Document Type: Article

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