Spatio-temporal variations in density of different life stages of a brackish water clam Corbicula japonica in the Kiso Estuaries, central Japan

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1067-1078

  Nanbu, Ryogen ^a   Yokoyama, Etsuko ^a   Mizuno, Tomomi ^a   Sekiguchi, Hideo ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clam; Corbicula; Larval recruitment; Larval settlement

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; ESTUARY; LIFE CYCLE; POPULATION DENSITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

BIVALVIA; CORBICULA JAPONICA; MACTRA VENERIFORMIS; MUSCULISTA SENHOUSIA; VENERUPIS (RUDITAPES) PHILIPPINARUM;

EID: 33746874059     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2983/0730-8000(2005)24[1067:SVIDOD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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