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Two populations of catarina scallop,
Argopecten ventricosus (= circularis) (Sowerby II, 1842), were evaluated for their larval growth and survival responses to different stocking densities. Larvae from the Magdalena population had a significantly higher growth but equal survival at a density of 10 larvae ml
?1 compared with 20 larvae ml
?1. Larvae from the Concepcion population grew better at densities of 15 and 20 larvae ml
?1 than at densities of 5 and 10 larvae ml
?1, although survival was lower at higher densities. The differing response of these two populations to increased stocking densities is explained as a possible consequence of different population adaptations related to behavioural and physiological mechanisms. The importance of establishing optimum stocking densities for molluscan larvae is stressed in two contexts: maximizing growth and survival for different populations when artificially reared, and understanding the effects of stocking densities on phenotypic variance, especially during the course of genetic studies.
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