Mercenaria mercenaria, Northern quahog : fisheries

Mercenaria mercenaria   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Northern quahog

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Classification / Names आम नाम | उपशब्द | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Venerida | Veneridae | Chioninae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / गहराई सीमा / distribution range पारिस्थितिकी

; गहराई सीमा 0 - 36 m (संदर्भ 83435).  Subtropical, preferred 17°C (संदर्भ 107945); 49°N - 30°N, 80°E - 65°W (संदर्भ 83435)

Distribution देश | ऐफ ऐ ओ क्षेत्र | Ecosystems | संयोग | भूमिका

Atlantic and the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / आकार / Weight / Age

परिपक्व अवधि: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 13.0 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (संदर्भ 7726); अधिकतम सूचित उम्र: 9 वर्षो (संदर्भ 2823)

जीवविज्ञान     शब्द संग्रह (उदाहरणार्थ epibenthic)

Maximum depth from Ref. 104365. Found buried in muddy sediment on the lower shore and shallow sublittoral and in bays and estuaries. Prefers sandy environments to depths of 15 m (Ref. 78574).

Life cycle and mating behavior परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the class Bivalvia are mostly gonochoric, some are protandric hermaphrodites. Life cycle: Embryos develop into free-swimming trocophore larvae, succeeded by the bivalve veliger, resembling a miniature clam.

Main reference संदर्भ | संयोजक | सहयोगीयो

Harvey-Clark, C. 1997. (संदर्भ 7726)

IUCN Red List Status (संदर्भ 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (संदर्भ 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (संदर्भ 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

मात्स्यिकी: व्यापारिक
FAO - जलीयकृषि: production, species profile; मात्स्यिकी: landings, species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us

साधन

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अधिक जानकारी

Trophic Ecology
Food items (preys)
संघटक आहार
आहार खपत
परभक्षी
पारिस्थितिकी
पारिस्थितिकी
Population dynamics
बाढ़
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
बहुतायत
Life cycle
पुनरुत्पत्ति
परिपक्व अवधि
Fecundity
मछलीऔ का अंडे देना
Eggs
Egg development
Larvae
Distribution
देश
ऐफ ऐ ओ क्षेत्र
Ecosystems
संयोग
भूमिका
Physiology
Oxygen consumption
Human Related
Stamps, coins, misc.
Outreach
सहयोगीयो
Taxonomy
आम नाम
उपशब्द
आकृति विज्ञान
तस्वीरे
संदर्भ
संदर्भ

इंटरनेट स्रोत

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(जलीयकृषि: species profile; मात्स्यिकी: species profile; publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, खोज) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 8.8 - 23.7, mean 13.2 (based on 120 cells).
लौटाव (Ref. 69278): ऊंचा, न्यूनतम जनसंख्या दुगनी समय अवलागत 15 महीने। (K=0.16-0.5; tmax=9).
Prior r = 0.43, 95% CL = 0.28 - 0.65, Based on 3 data-limited stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability (संदर्भ 71543): Moderate vulnerability (35 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (संदर्भ 125649): High vulnerability (58 of 100).
Price category (संदर्भ 80766): Very high.
Nutrients :  Calcium = 149 [71, 228] mg/100g; Iron = 8.53 [1.95, 15.11] mg/100g; Protein = 9.88 [8.64, 11.12] %; Omega3 = 0.313 [0.202, 0.423] g/100g; Selenium = 61 [50, 72] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 2.04 [0.56, 3.51] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.

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