Biomass-density relationships and self-thinning of blue mussels (Mytilus spp.) reared on self-regulated longlines

Aquaculture

Volumn 308, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 34-43

  Lachance Bernard, Myriam ^a   Daigle, Gaétan ^a   Himmelman, John H ^a   Fréchette, Marcel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mussel culture; Offshore aquaculture; One step mussel culture; Self thinning

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOMONITORING; BIVALVE; FISHERY MODELING; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REARING; SELF THINNING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 77956611046     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2010.07.038     Document Type: Article

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