Shorter immersion times increase yields of the blacklip pearl oyster, Pinctada margaritifera (Linne.), from spat collectors in Solomon Islands

Aquaculture

Volumn 187, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 299-313

  Friedman, Kim J ^a,b   Bell, Johann D ^a  

^a WORLDFISH   (Solomon Islands)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Immersion; Pinctada margaritifera; Predation; Spat collectors; Survival

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; OYSTER CULTURE; YIELD;

SOLOMON ISLANDS;

BIVALVIA;

EID: 0034691931     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(00)00311-2     Document Type: Article

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