Growth estimations of the Argentinean wedge clam Donax hanleyanus: A comparison between length-frequency distribution and size-increment analysis

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 379, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 8-15

  Herrmann, Marko ^a,b   Lepore, Mauro L ^b   Laudien, Jürgen ^a   Arntz, Wolf E ^a   Penchaszadeh, Pablo E ^b  

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

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

Author keywords

Calcein; Comparison of methods; Daily growth rate; In situ fluorescent marking; In vitro suitability of stains; Length frequency distribution

Indexed keywords

BEACH; BIVALVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH RATE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; MAR DE LAS PAMPAS; SOUTH AMERICA;

BIVALVIA; DONAX (MOLLUSCA); DONAX HANLEYANUS;

EID: 70349202031     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2009.07.031     Document Type: Article

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