Differences in absolute and relative growth between two shell forms of Pinna nobilis (Mollusca: Bivalvia) along the Tunisian coastline

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 95-103

  Rabaoui, Lotfi ^a   Tlig Zouari, Sabiha ^a   Katsanevakis, Stelios ^b   Belgacem, Walid ^a   Hassine, Oum Kalthoum Ben ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Information theory approach; Pinna nobilis; Shell morphometry; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIVALVE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; MORPHOMETRY; SHELL; SUBPOPULATION;

TUNISIA;

BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; PINNA NOBILIS;

EID: 80051676332     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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