Performance of Mussels, Mytilus edulis, Mytilus trossulus, and Their Hybrids in Cultivation at Three Scottish Lochs

Journal of the World Aquaculture Society

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 111-121

  Dias, P Joana ^a   Malgrange, Bastien ^a   Snow, Michael ^a   Davies, Ian M ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; GENOTYPE; MUSSEL CULTURE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; MYTILUS TROSSULUS;

EID: 79551677004     PISSN: 08938849     EISSN: 17497345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-7345.2010.00450.x     Document Type: Article

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