Age Structure and Mortality of the Sunray Surf Clam Mactra chinensis off Tomakomai, Southwest Hokkaido

Fisheries Science

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 168-172

  Sakurai, Izumi ^a   Kurata, Mamoru ^b   Abe, Eiji ^c  

^a Hokkaido Ctrl Fish Exp Station   (Japan)

^b Hokkaido Abashiri Fisheries Experimental Station   (Japan)

^c Hokkaido Kushiro Fisheries Experimental Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age structure; Mactra chinensis; Mortality; Recruitment; Tomakomai

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; ENCELIOPSIS; MACTRA; MACTRA CHINENSIS; PSEUDOCARDIUM SACHALINENSIS;

EID: 0344156754     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.62.168     Document Type: Article

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