Growout of blacklip pearl oysters, Pinctada margaritifera, on chaplets in suspended culture in Solomon Islands

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 451-458

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

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WORLDFISH   (Solomon Islands)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chaplets; Growth; Open reefs; Pearl oyster; Pinctada; Survival; Suspended culture

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; REEF; SURVIVAL;

PINCTADA MARGARIFERA;

EID: 0033368198     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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