Morphometric relationships, age, growth, and mortality of the geoduck clam, panopea generosa, along the pacific coast of Baja California, Mexico

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 319-326

  Calderon Aguilera, Luis Eduardo ^a   Aragón Noriega, Eugenio Alberto ^b   Hand, Claudia M ^c   Moreno Rivera, Victor Manuel ^a  

^a Centro de Investigacin Cientfica y de Educacin Superior de Ensenada   (Mexico)

^b Centro de Investigaciones Biolgicas Del Noroeste   (Mexico)

^c FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

age; Baja California; clam; fishery; geoduck; growth; Panopea generosa

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; PANOPEA GENEROSA;

EID: 77955259450     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2983/035.029.0206     Document Type: Article

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