Shell shape variation in populations of Mytilus chilensis (Hupe 1854) from southern Chile: A geometric morphometric approach

Marine Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2731-2738

  Valladares, Alejandro ^a   Manríquez, Germán ^a   Suárez Isla, Benjamín A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BIVALVE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GROWTH RATE; LESION; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; MUSCLE; PREDATION; SHAPE; SHELL; SHELLFISH CULTURE; WILD POPULATION;

CHILE;

MYTILUS; MYTILUS CHILENSIS;

EID: 78449248025     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-010-1532-3     Document Type: Article

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