Population structure, growth and production of the surf clam Donax hanleyanus (Bivalvia: Donacidae) from northern Argentinean beaches

• Main Author: Herrmann, Marko
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2009
• Subjects: Argentina; Province of Buenos Aires; Buenos_Aires; Faro_Querandí; HAND; Mar_de_las_Pampas; Sampling by hand; Santa_Teresita; SeaLevel; TGS; Tide gauge station; Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung; Reports on Polar and Marine Research
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.690503; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.690503

The surf clams Mesodesma mactroides Reeve, 1854 and Donax hanleyanus Philippi, 1847 are the two dominating species in macrobenthic communities of sandy beaches off northern Argentina, with the latter now surpassing M. mactroides populations in abundance and biomass. Before stock decimation caused by...