Maximum shell size, growth rate, and maturation age correlate with longevity in bivalve molluscs

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 66 A, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-190

  Ridgway, I D ^a   Richardson, C A ^a   Austad, S N ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Bivalves; Longevity; Phylogenetically independent contrast analysis

Indexed keywords

ARCTICA ISLANDICA; BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; METAZOA; MOLLUSCA; VERTEBRATA;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL;

EID: 79951792978     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glq172     Document Type: Article

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