Growth patterns in biomass and size structure of Mytilus galloprovincialis cultivated in the Ría de Arousa (north-west Spain)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 151-158

  Babarro, José M F ^a   Labarta, Uxío ^a   Fernández Reiriz, María José ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BIOMASS; GROWTH RATE; ROCKY SHORE; SIZE STRUCTURE;

SPAIN;

BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 0037326976     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002531540300691Xh     Document Type: Article

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