Effects of stocking density and substratum on the survival, growth, burrowing behaviour and shell morphology of juvenile basket cockle, Clinocardium nuttallii: Implications for nursery seed production and field outplanting

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 975-986

  Epelbaum, Anya ^a   Pearce, Christopher M ^a,b   Yuan, Simon ^a   Plamondon, Nadia ^a   Gurney Smith, Helen ^a  

^a VANCOUVER ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Clinocardium nuttallii; Cockle; Nursery; Stocking density; Substratum

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIVALVE; BROOD STOCK; BURROWING; FIELD METHOD; FISHERY PRODUCTION; GROWTH RATE; MARICULTURE; MOLLUSC CULTURE; MORPHOLOGY; SEED PRODUCTION; SHELL; STOCKING DENSITY; SURVIVAL;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

CLINOCARDIUM NUTTALLII;

EID: 79958759931     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2010.02680.x     Document Type: Article

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