Growth rate estimation of Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) trunculus (Gastropoda: Muricidae) based on mark/recapture experiments in the Ria Formosa lagoon (Algarve coast, southern Portugal)

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 249-256

  Vasconcelos, Paulo ^a   Gaspar, Miguel B ^a   Pereira, Alexandre M ^a   Castro, Margarida ^b  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Gastropoda; Growth rate; Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) trunculus; Mark recapture; Muricidae

Indexed keywords

GASTROPOD; GROWTH RATE; MARKING METHOD; MORTALITY; POND; SHELLFISH;

ALGARVE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FARO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; RIA FORMOSA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

GASTROPODA; HEXAPLEX TRUNCULUS; MURICIDAE;

EID: 33646705647     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2983/0730-8000(2006)25[249:GREOHT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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