MORPHOMETRIC RELATIONS OF PINCTADA-MAZATL ANICA (BIVALVIA, PTERIIDAE)IN PUNTARENAS, COSTA-RICA

Authors
LOPEZ YS PENA JC QUESADA MP SOTO RC
Citation
Ys. Lopez et al., MORPHOMETRIC RELATIONS OF PINCTADA-MAZATL ANICA (BIVALVIA, PTERIIDAE)IN PUNTARENAS, COSTA-RICA, Revista de biologia tropical, 43(1-3), 1995, pp. 177-180
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Revista de biologia tropical → ACNP
ISSN journal
00347744
Volume
43
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
177 - 180
Database
ISI
SICI code
0034-7744(1995)43:1-3<177:MROPA(>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Pearl oysters (Pinctada mazatlanica) were collected by SCUBA and skin diving in a unexploited bed off Pajaros Island, Golfo de Nicoya, Costa Pica (n=229), from April to August 1993. Shell height was 21.4-147 mm . The relationships shell height: weight, and shell height: width were : A=0.1904 Pt+ 52.6354 and A=2.5734, respectively. The relationship be tween shell length and height was isometric, whereas the other relatio nships indicate allometric growth.