Age, growth and mortality in the giant snail Adelomelon beckii (Broderip 1836) on the Argentinean shelf

• Published in: Journal of Sea Research
• Main Authors: Arrighetti, Florencia, Brey, Thomas, Mackensen, Andreas, Penchaszadeh, Pablo Enrique
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Age; Fisheries Management; Growth; Marine Gastropod; Mortality; Production; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentino; Argentina; Andreas; Pablo; Alfred Wegener Institute
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/68403

The marine subtidal volutid snail Adelomelon beckii was studied in order to obtain their population dynamics, particularly on growth, age, mortality and production. Stable oxygen isotope ratios confirmed semiannual formation of internal growth marks. A von Bertalanffy growth model fitted 308 size-at...