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Hydrobiological Journal

ISSN for PRINT: 0018-8166

Institutional price:	$1994.00
Issues per year:	6

Best Paper Award Selection - Editorial Board Site

2002, Volume38

136 pages

Issue price - $369.00

Mass-size Structure of Mytilus galloprovincialis L. Populations on Carriers during the Annual Cycle

T. P. Kondratyeva
Karadag Nature Reserve National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kurortnoye, Ukraine

L. P. Astakhova
Karadag Nature Reserve National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Kurortnoye settlement, Crimea, Ukraine

L. M. Rudenko
Karadag Nature Reserve National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kurortnoye, Ukraine

V. I. Lushchak
Karadag Nature Reserve National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Kurortnoye settlement, Crimea, Ukraine

ABSTRACT

The mass-size structure of a mussel population (Mytilus galloprovincialis L.) from collectors (hydro-biotechnical constructions) located in Karadag (Eastern Crimea) was studied. Individual peculiarities of collectors' overgrown, the increase in biomass, shell mass, body mass, and population's age structure depended on the duration of exposure of collectors in the sea. Two well-expressed peaks, characterizing the increase in the total mass of mussels, were determined; on that base, the optimal harvesting dates were recommended.