Production of Akoya pearls from the Southwest coast of India

Aquaculture

Volumn 262, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 347-354

  Kripa, V ^a   Mohamed, K S ^a   Appukuttan, K K ^a   Velayudhan, T S ^a  

^a CENTRAL MARINE FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

6 8 mm Akoya pearl; Mortality rates; Pinctada fucata; Retention rates

Indexed keywords

GEMSTONE; MORTALITY; OYSTER CULTURE; SURVIVAL;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

OSTREIDAE; PINCTADA; PINCTADA FUCATA;

EID: 33846610033     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2006.09.047     Document Type: Article

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