Heritability estimates of larval and spat shell height in the Chilean blue mussel (Mytilus chilensis Hupe 1854) produced under controlled laboratory conditions

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 56-61

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

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Heritability; Larval growth; Mytilus chilensis

Indexed keywords

HERITABILITY; LARVA; MUSSEL CULTURE;

INVERTEBRATA; MYTILUS; MYTILUS CHILENSIS; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 1642524413     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2004.00985.x     Document Type: Article

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