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Movement of scallops Placopecten magellanicus (Gmelin, 1791) (Mollusca:Pectinidae) on Georges Bank / by G. D. Melvin, M. J. Dadswell and R. A. Chandler.: Fs70-8/85-30E-PDF

"During a 5-yr tagging program, 1977-1981, 20,086 scallops were released from 139 stations on Georges Bank (GB) and in Great South Channel (GSC). Of these, 1282 (6.4%) were returned representing 135 release sites. Tagged scallops were at large an average 310 d (R 2-1850) on GB and 243 d (R 11-783) in GSC. Mean individual distance between release and recapture was 8.4 km on GB and 5.7 km in GSC. Overall 52.5% of returns were within 5 km of release site, 77.1% within 10 km and 94.0% within 25 km. Returns were partitioned into 12 grids for Georges Bank and data pooled for a single release site at the center of each grid. The angle of mean vectors for each grid indicated clockwise circular movement around the outer perimeter of Georges Bank in concert with the mean direction of current flow"--Abstract.

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Department/Agency
  • Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Biological Station (St. Andrews, N.B.)
  • Canadian Atlantic Fisheries Scientific Advisory Committee.
TitleMovement of scallops Placopecten magellanicus (Gmelin, 1791) (Mollusca:Pectinidae) on Georges Bank / by G. D. Melvin, M. J. Dadswell and R. A. Chandler.
Series title
  • CAFSAC research document ; 85/30
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • "Not to be cited without permission of the authors."
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 7-8).
  • Includes abstract in French.
Publishing information
  • St. Andrews, New Brunswick : Invertebrates and Marine Plants Division, Fisheries Research Branch, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Biological Station, [1985]
Author / Contributor
  • Melvin, Gary Donald, 1951- author.
Description1 online resource (29 pages).
Catalogue number
  • Fs70-8/85-30E-PDF
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