Age, growth, mortality and population structure of Strombus canarium (Gastropoda: Strombidae): variations in male and female sub-populations.

• Main Authors: Che Cob, Zaidi, Arshad , Aziz, Bujang, Japar Sidik, Abd Ghafar, Mazlan
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Asian Network for Scientific Information 2009
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12964/1/Age%2C%20growth%2C%20mortality%20and%20population%20structure%20.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12964/; http://scialert.net/jindex.php?issn=1812-5654
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

The age, growth, mortality and population structure of Strombus canarium Linnaeus, 1758 were examined in the Johor Straits, Malaysia from January to December 2005. A total of 2088 conchs were sampled where females were more abundant than males with monthly sex ratio of 1.72±0.17 (N = 12). The estima...