Population structure, growth and production of the yellow clam Mesodesma mactroides (Bivalvia: Mesodesmatidae) from a high-energy, temperate beach in northern Argentina

• Published in: Helgoland Marine Research
• Language: English
• Published: Springer-Verlag 2011
• Subjects: Bivalves; Almeja amarilla; Population dynamics; Growth performance indices; Argentinean sandy beaches; Argentino; Argentina; Sandy Beach; Pablo; Marko; Teresita; Santa Teresita; Alfred Wegener Institute
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2262/59394; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10152-010-0222-3

Abstract The yellow clam Mesodesma mactroides (Bivalvia: Mesodesmatidae) was once the most abundant intertidal species on the Atlantic coast of northern Argentina and an important commercial resource in South America. This study of a population inhabiting the intertidal zone of the sheltered-dissipa...