Population dynamics and secondary production of the cockle Cerastoderma edule: A comparison between Merja Zerga (Moroccan Atlantic Coast) and Arcachon Bay (French Atlantic Coast)

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 63, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 191-201

  Gam, Mériame ^a   de Montaudouin, Xavier ^b   Bazairi, Hocein ^a  

^a HASSAN II UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

Arcachon Bay; Cockle; Growth; Merja Zerga; Mortality; Production

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SAMPLING; SECONDARY PRODUCTION;

AQUITAINE; ARCACHON BAY; FRANCE; GHARB-CHRARDA-BENI HSSEN; GIRONDE; MERJA ZERGA; MOROCCO;

BIVALVIA; CERASTODERMA EDULE;

EID: 77949571195     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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