A rapid test for the determination of the spawning status of the bay scallop, argopecten irradians (Lamarck, 1819)

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 389-391

  Estabrooks, Stephen L ^a  

^a Nantucket Marine Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Argopecten; Scallops; Seed; Spawning

Indexed keywords

FISHERY REGULATION; HARVESTING; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SHELLFISH; SPAWNING; TESTING METHOD;

UNITED STATES;

ARGOPECTEN; ARGOPECTEN IRRADIANS; ARGOPECTEN IRRADIANS IRRADIANS; BIVALVIA; GADUS MORHUA; INVERTEBRATA; PECTINIDAE;

EID: 0242308978     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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