Growth and reproduction of the lion's paw scallop Nodipecten subnodosus in a suspended culture system at Guerrero Negro lagoon, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 571-582

  Arellano Martínez, Marcial ^a,b   Ceballos Vázquez, Bertha Patricia ^a   Ruíz Verdugo, César ^b   Pérez de León, Edgar ^b   Cervantes Duarte, Rafael ^a   Domínguez Valdéz, Pedro Martin ^c  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

^c Exportadora de Sal   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Gametogenesis; Growth rate; Pectinidae; Temperature effect

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; CULTIVATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GAMETOGENESIS; GROWTH RATE; LAGOON; SPAWNING; SUSPENDED CULTURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; GUERRERO NEGRO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

NODIPECTEN SUBNODOSUS; PECTINIDAE;

EID: 79952650309     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2010.02652.x     Document Type: Article

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