Age and growth of the bivalve Arca noae L. in the Croatian Adriatic Sea

Journal of Molluscan Studies

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 307-310

  Peharda, Melita ^a,b   Richardson, Christopher A ^b   Onofri, Vladimir ^a   Bratoš, Ana ^c   Crnčević, Marija ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Collegium Ragusinum ^*  (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; AGE STRUCTURE; GROWTH; MOLLUSC;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ARCA; ARCA NOAE; ARCIDAE; BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0036857942     PISSN: 02601230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mollus/68.4.307     Document Type: Article

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