Individual growth variation and its relationship with survival in juvenile Pacific oysters, Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg)

Aquaculture International

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 429-448

  Boudry, P ^a   Collet, B ^a   McCombie, H ^a   Ernande, B ^b   Morand, B ^a   Heurtebise, S ^a   Gerard A ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Crassostrea gigas; Growth; Oysters; Survival

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GROWTH DETERMINATION; JUVENILE; SURVIVAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; CRASSOSTREA; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 0347930649     PISSN: 09676120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AQUI.0000004189.49517.c0     Document Type: Article

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