Peter J. Auster and Lance L. Stewart
University of Connecticut, Marine Sciences Institute
Marine Research Laboratory, Noank, Conn. 06340, USA
Source - Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science, Volume 5(1): 103-104
ISSN-0250-7408
Auster, P.J. and Stewart, L.L. 1984. NOTE: Compensatory Growth in the Bay Scallop, Argopecten irradians (L.). J. Northw. Atl. Fish. Sci. 5(1): 103-104. https://doi.org/10.2960/J.v5.a13
Abstract
The phenomenon of compensatory growth has been described as a negative correlation between growth increments in successive years and increasing size of individuals in a given year-class. Evidence is presented that bay scallops. Argopecten irradians, of the 1979 year-class, exhibited this growth phenomenon in the Poquonock River estuary, Groton, Connecticut.
1 Contribution No. 157, Marine Research Laboratory, University of Connecticut, Noank, Connecticut
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Language - English Publisher - Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO), Dartmouth, N.S., Canada
Publication Date - January 1984
Publication Type - Journal Article
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