Growout of blacklip pearl oysters, Pinctada margaritifera collected as wild spat in the Solomon Islands

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 159-167

  Friedman, Kim J ^a   Southgate, Paul C ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Growth; Intermediate culture; Pearl oyster; Pinctada margaritifera; Predation; Spat; Survival

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; OYSTER CULTURE; PREDATION; SURVIVAL;

SOLOMON ISLANDS;

BIVALVIA; PINCTADA MARGARITIFERA;

EID: 0032784323     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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