Studies on triploid oysters in Australia: Effect of initial size on growth of diploid and triploid Sydney rock oysters, Saccostrea commercialis (Iredale and Roughley)

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-42

  Hand, R E ^a   Nell, J A ^a   Reid, D D ^b   Smith, I R ^a   Maguire, G B ^c,d  

^a NSW Fisheries   (Australia)

^b NSW Fisheries Research Institute   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d WA Marine Research Laboratories   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; GROWTH RATE; OYSTER CULTURE; SIZE AT MATURITY;

AUSTRALIA;

SACCOSTREA COMMERCIALIS;

EID: 0032967459     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2109.1999.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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