Effect of deployment date and environmental conditions on growth rate and retrieval of hatchery-reared sea scallops, Placopecten magellanicus (Gmelin, 1791), at a sea-based nursery

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 101-109

  Grecian, Lorelei A ^a   Parsons, G Jay ^a   Dabinett, Patrick ^a   Couturier, Cyr ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Growth; Nursery culture; Placopecten magellanicus; Scallop spat; Sea star

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH RATE; NURSERY GROUND; SCALLOP CULTURE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STOCKING DENSITY;

ASTEROIDEA; BIVALVIA; PECTINIDAE; PLACOPECTEN MAGELLANICUS;

EID: 0041626095     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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