Selection response for growth rate (shell height and live weight) in the Chilean blue mussel (Mytilus chilensis Hupe 1854)

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 753-757

  Toro, Jorge E ^a   Alcapán, Angélica C ^a   Ojeda, Johana A ^a   Vergara, Ana M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Growth; Mussel; Mytilus chilensis; Selection response

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; MUSSEL CULTURE; SELECTIVE BREEDING;

CHILE; CHILOE ISLAND; LOS LAGOS; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; YALDAD BAY;

BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS; MYTILUS CHILENSIS; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 13544262489     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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