A study of the Noah's Ark shell (Arca noae Linnaeus 1758) in Mali Ston Bay, Adriatic Sea

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 705-709

  Peharda, Melita ^a   Bolotin, Jakša ^a   Vrgoč, Nedo ^a   Jasprica, Nenad ^a   Bratoš, Ana ^b   Skaramuca, Boško ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

^b Sveu ili te u Dubrovniku   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Arca noae; Biometrics; Bivalvia; Condition index

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH RATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MALI STON BAY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ARCA; ARCA NOAE; ARCIDAE; BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 3843074174     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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