Growth, mortality, recruitment and sex-ratio in wild stocks of silver-lipped pearl oyster Pinctada maxima (Jameson) (Mollusca: Pteriidae), in Western Australia

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 201-210

  Hart, Anthony M ^a   Joll, Lindsay M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Growth; Mortality; Pearl oyster; Pinctada maxima; Recruitment; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENT; GROWTH; MOLLUSC; MORTALITY; SEX RATIO; SHELLFISH;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

MOLLUSCA; OSTREIDAE; PINCTADA; PINCTADA MAXIMA; PTERIIDAE;

EID: 33646714133     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2983/0730-8000(2006)25[201:GMRASI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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