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Table 2 Von Bertalanffy growth parameters and mortality of R. philippinarum in different areas

From: Some population parameters of Ruditapes philippinarum (Bivalvia, Veneridae) on the southern coast of the Marmara Sea, Turkey

Location

L

K

Ø

A 95

Z

Source

Kaneohe Bay, Hawaiian Islands

52.40

0.913

3.399

0.201

Yap (1977)

West Coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia

57.08

0.273

2.949

4

Borne (1982)

Strait of Georgia, British Columbia

56.80

0.303

2.99

4

Borne (1982)

Central Coast, British Columbia

75.53

0.153

2.941

5

Borne (1982)

Allert Bay, British Columbia

68.80

0.140

2.821

5.5

Borne (1982)

British Coast, UK

43.32

0.697

3.117

Humphreys et al. (2007)

Amurshy Bay, Sea of Japan

56.60

0.302

2.986

7

Ponurovsky (2008)

The Coast of Yeongi at Tongyeong, Korea

68.08

0.145

2.827

10.55

0.991

Cho et al. (2008)

Arcachon Bay, Francea

41.10

0.72

2.99

3.028

Dang et al. (2010)

Taehwa River, Ulsan

46.64

0.341

2.870

6

1.171

Choi et al. (2011)

Bandırma Bay, South Marmara Sea

67.51

0.334

3.182

8.06

0.777

This study

67.14

0.330

3.173

8.09

  1. Z the instantaneous total mortality rate year−1
  2. aData are means