Growth, age and reproduction of the commercially clams Venerupis aurea and Ruditapes decussatus in Timsah Lake, Suez Canal, Egypt

Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 589-600

  Mohammad, Samya Hussein ^a   Mohammed Belal, Aisha Ahmed ^b   Zaghloul Hassan, Sosan Saad ^b  

^a PORT SAID UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Age; Growth; Reproduction; Ruditapes decussatus; Venerupis aurea

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BIVALVE; BODY SIZE; GROWTH RATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; AGE; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; DOMINANCE; GROWTH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTION;

EGYPT; LAKE TIMSAH; PORT SAID [EGYPT]; SUEZ CANAL;

BIVALVIA; VENERUPIS (RUDITAPES) DECUSSATUS; VENERUPIS AUREA;

EID: 84899521060     PISSN: 25826506     EISSN: 25826727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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