Sclerochronology - a highly versatile tool for mariculture and reconstruction of life history traits of the queen conch, Strombus gigas (Gastropoda)

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 307-318

  Radermacher, Pascal ^a   Schöne, Bernd R ^a   Gischler, Eberhard ^b   Oschmann, Wolfgang ^b   Thébault, Julien ^c   Fiebig, Jens ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

Author keywords

Growth patterns; Life history traits; Queen conch; Shellfisheries management; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARICULTURE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MOLLUSC; SEASONALITY; SEAWATER; SHELLFISH; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

GASTROPODA; STROMBUS GIGAS;

EID: 70350359090     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: 17652952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr/2009043     Document Type: Article

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