Assessing the size at maturity, spawning, and condition of the truncate soft-shell clam (Mya truncata) of southern Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada

• Published in: PeerJ
• Main Authors: Wood, Jessica M., Donovan, Meghan, Grant, Scott M.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: PeerJ Inc. 2022
• Subjects: Aquaculture; Fisheries and Fish Science; Arctic; Baffin Island; Canada; Frobisher Bay; Hudson; Hudson Strait; Nunavut; Baffin; inuit; Phytoplankton
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9202540/; https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13231

The truncate soft-shell clam Mya truncata is an important source of country food for Inuit communities across the territory of Nunavut, Canada. M. truncata also plays an important role in marine ecosystems, yet there is little understanding of their life history and condition in Canadian Arctic wate...