A half century assessment of hard clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, growth in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 755-766

  Henry, Kelly M ^a   Nixon, Scott W ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Growth rate; Hard clam; Mercenaria mercenaria; Narragansett Bay; Temperature; Von Bertalanffy

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIVALVE; CHLOROPHYLL; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FILTER FEEDER; GROWTH RATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HISTORICAL RECORD; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREDATOR; WATER TEMPERATURE;

NARRAGANSETT BAY; NORTH AMERICA; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; MERCENARIA; MERCENARIA MERCENARIA;

EID: 48749119828     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-008-9060-9     Document Type: Article

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