The self-thinning rule applied to cultured populations in aggregate growth matrices

Journal of Molluscan Studies

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 415-418

  Filgueira, Ramón ^a   Peteiro, Laura G ^a   Labarta, Uxío ^a   Fernández Reiriz, María José ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; BOATING; BODY SIZE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD LIMITATION; GROWTH RATE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MORPHOMETRY; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION MODELING; SELF THINNING; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; LA CORUNA [GALICIA]; RIA DE ARES-BETANZOS; RIAS ALTAS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 54949125408     PISSN: 02601230     EISSN: 14643766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mollus/eyn027     Document Type: Article

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