Settlement of the blue mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck on artificial substrates in Bahia de Todos Santos B.C., Mexico

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-39

  Curiel Ramírez, Sergio ^a   Cáceres Martínez, Jorge ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dispersion and culture; Mussel seed collectors; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Settlement

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; MOLLUSC;

MEXICO;

BIVALVIA; LUFFA; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 0344563520     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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