Dredging of blue mussels (Mytilus edulis L.) in a Danish sound: Stock sizes and fishery-effects on mussel population dynamic

Fisheries Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-80

  Dolmer, Per ^a   Sand Kristensen, Per ^a   Hoffmann, Erik ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biomass; Blue mussel; Dredge efficiency; Effects of fishery; Effects of oxygen depletion; Mytilus edulis; Stock size

Indexed keywords

DREDGING; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

DENMARK;

BIVALVIA; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 0345390223     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(98)00218-5     Document Type: Article

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