Life history characteristics of the clam Mya arenaria in the White Sea

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 91-99

  Maximovich, Nikolay V ^a   Guerassimova, Alexandra V ^a  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Growth rate; Life history; Mya arenaria; Population dynamics; The White Sea

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY; MOLLUSC; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; WHITE SEA;

BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; MYA; MYA ARENARIA; MYIDAE;

EID: 0041529876     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-003-0137-3     Document Type: Article

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