Impact of overexploitation of shellfish: Northeastern coast of India

Ambio

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 70-75

  Bhattacharya, Asokkumar ^a   Sarkar, Santosh Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNICATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; NATURE CONSERVATION; OVERFISHING; SHELLFISH;

INDIA;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA TAXON); MONODON; PANTHERA TIGRIS; PENAEIDAE; PENAEUS MONODON;

EID: 0037324655     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-32.1.70     Document Type: Article

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40. First submitted 10 Sept. 2001. Accepted for publication after revision 11 Febr. 2002.