Ecological determinants and stochastic fluctuations of Tridacna maxima survival rate in lakshadweep archipelago

Systematics and Biodiversity

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 461-469

  Apte, Deepak ^a   Dutta, Sutirtha ^b  

^a BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY   (India)

^b WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Age specific survival; Anchorage; Density; Human reef interactions; Indian waters; Kaplan Meier estimator; Known fate; Lagoon; Regression; Small giant clam

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; BIVALVIA; SILER; TRIDACNA MAXIMA;

EID: 79959694751     PISSN: 14772000     EISSN: 14780933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2010.537393     Document Type: Conference Paper

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