Shell length-meat weight relationships of ocean quahog, Arctica islandica (Linnaeus, 1767), from icelandic waters

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 729-733

  Gudrun G ^a   Thorarinsdottir ^a   Jóhannesson, Gardar ^a  

^a MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Arctica islandica; ocean quahog; shell length meat weight relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 8044225940     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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