Shell growth and age determination of the brackish water bivalve Corbicula japonica in Lake Shinji, Japan

Fisheries Science

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 601-610

  Oshima, Kazuhiro ^a   Suzuki, Naoki ^a   Nakamura, Mikio ^b   Sakuramoto, Kazumi ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Japan Corbicula Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age determination; Concentric groove; Corbicula japonica; Lake Shinji; Shell growth; Shell length

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; CORBICULA; CORBICULA JAPONICA; INVERTEBRATA; JAPONICA;

EID: 4444384583     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2004.00847.x     Document Type: Article

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