Population Structure, Growth, and Production of the Wedge Clam Donax hanleyanus (Bivalvia: Donacidae) from Northern Argentinean Beaches

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 511-526

  Herrmann, Marko ^a   Carstensen, Daniel ^a   Fischer, Sönke ^a   Laudien, Jürgen ^a   Penchaszadeh, Pablo E ^b   Arntz, Wolf E ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Donax hanleyanus; grain size analysis; growth performance indices; human impact; population dynamics; wedge clam

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; DONACIDAE; DONAX HANLEYANUS; MACTRIDAE; MESODESMA MACTROIDES;

EID: 70349196250     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2983/035.028.0313     Document Type: Article

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