Evaluation of strategies for intermediate culture of Trochus niloticus (Gastropoda) in sea cages for restocking

Aquaculture

Volumn 218, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 235-249

  Amos, M J ^a   Purcell, S W ^b,c  

^a Vanuatu Fisheries Department   (Vanuatu)

^b WESTERN AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES AND MARINE RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Australia)

^c WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Coral reef; Mollusc; Repeated measures; Stocking density; Vanuatu

Indexed keywords

CAGE CULTURE; ESCAPEMENT; GROWTH; MORTALITY; SHELLFISH CULTURE; STOCKING DENSITY;

VANUATU;

ANTHOZOA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; TROCHUS; TROCHUS NILOTICUS;

EID: 0037468985     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(02)00511-2     Document Type: Article

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