Since the first volume of The Biology of Sea Turtles was published in 1997, the field has
grown and matured in ways few of the authors would have predicted—particularly in the …

Gastropoda is a large and diverse group of the Mollusca found almost ubiquitously
throughout freshwater, terrestrial, and marine habitats. Marine gastropods often support …

Recent studies have reported that crustacean age determination is possible. We applied a
direct ageing method (ie transverse cross sectioning of gastric ossicles) to a subtropical …

Sustainability within the fisheries of the commercially important European whelk Buccinum
undatum has become a major concern because of over-exploitation and increased landings …

In response to increased demand in Asian markets, the commercial fishery for the common
whelk (Buccinum undatum, L.) has expanded in north-eastern Europe. In the Irish Sea …

Calculating age and growth rate for the commercially important whelk, Buccinum undatum in
the aid of fishery management has historically been undertaken using growth rings on the …

Channeled whelks, Busycotypus canaliculatus, support commercial fisheries throughout
their range along the US Atlantic seaboard. Given the modest amounts of published …

Using growth rings observed in statoliths, the size-at-age relationship was modelled for
waved whelk (Buccinum undatum) populations within the Mid-Atlantic Bight. A total of 45 …

In various invertebrate groups, the gravity perception organ (statocyst) includes receptor
cells and inertial mass. In gastropods, the inertial mass can be represented by both multiple …

Abstract Rapana venosa (Valenciennes, 1846) is an invasive species that has spread
widely around the world, which has commercial importance. For scientifically sound fishery …