Production and resource partitioning in the giant scallop Placopecten magellanicus grown on the bottom and in suspended culture

Abstract

Growth rates of shell and somahc tlssue plus quantities of energy invested in the production of gametes, soma, and shell were determ~ned for cultured Placopecten mageUanjcus and compared to slmilar estimates for a natural population in Newfoundland. Cultivated scallops