Recruitment of mud clam Polymesoda erosa (Solander, 1876) in a mangrove habitat of Chorao Island, Goa

Brazilian Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 153-162

  Clemente, Sandhya ^a   Ingole, Baban ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Abundance; Cages; Chorao island; Goa; Juveniles; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AVICENNIA; BIVALVIA; EROSA; INVERTEBRATA; POLYMESODA;

EID: 79960545385     PISSN: 16798759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1679-87592011000200004     Document Type: Article

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