Gonadal cycle of northern quahogs, Mercenaria mercenaria (Linne, 1758), from fished and non-fished subpopulations in Narragansett Bay

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 643-652

  Marroquin Mora, Dora Carolina ^a,b   Rice, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Condition index; Fecundity; Gonadal index; Hard clam; High density populations; Mercenaria; Narragansett Bay; Quahog

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; MERCENARIA; MERCENARIA MERCENARIA;

EID: 50049114154     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2983/0730-8000(2008)27[643:GCONQM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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