Geodock (Panope generosa: Bivalvia) Age as Determined by Internal Growth Lines in the Shell
- 1 April 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
- Vol. 39 (4) , 632-636
- https://doi.org/10.1139/f82-089
Abstract
Geoduck (Panope generosa) age was determined by counting internal growth lines in the hinge plates of the shells. Several experiments substantiated the hypothesis that one growth line is deposited every year. Growth line deposition was found to occur during the winter.Key words: age, geoducks, Bivalvia, growth linesThis publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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