Experimental manipulation of suspended culture socks: Growth and behavior of juvenile mussels (Mytilus spp.)

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 811-826

  Sénéchal, Judith ^a   Grant, Jon ^a   Archambault, Marie Claude ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bivalve growth; Carrying capacity; Competition; Mussel aquaculture; Mytilus; Suspended culture

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; MYTILUS TROSSULUS;

EID: 50049134657     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2983/0730-8000(2008)27[811:EMOSCS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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