Age, growth and population structure of Modiolus barbatus from the Adriatic

Marine Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 629-638

  Peharda, M ^a   Richardson, C A ^b   Mladineo, I ^a   Sestanovic S ^a   Popovic Z ^a   Bolotin, J ^c   Vrgoc N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUBROVNIK   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; AGE DETERMINATION; BIVALVE; DYE; GROWTH RATE; LENGTH-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHELL; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

ADRIATIC SEA; CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MALI STON BAY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

MODIOLUS BARBATUS;

EID: 33947531029     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0501-3     Document Type: Article

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