Establishing a baseline for management of the rock scallop, Spondylus calcifer (Carpenter 1857): Growth and reproduction in the upper Gulf of California, Mexico

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 625-632

  Cudney Bueno, Richard ^a,b   Rowell, Kirsten ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Centro Intercultural de Estudio de Desiertos y Oceános A C   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Fisheries; Growth; Gulf of California; Reproduction; Rock scallop; Spondylidae; Spondylus calcifer; Stable oxygen isotopes; Thorny oyster

Indexed keywords

EQUUS ASINUS; OSTREIDAE; SPONDYLIDAE; SPONDYLUS;

EID: 50049113295     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2983/0730-8000(2008)27[625:EABFMO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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