History of the Atlantic pearl-oyster, Pinctata imbricata, industry in Venezuela and Colombia, with biological and ecological observations

Marine Fisheries Review

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-20

  Mackenzie Jr , Clyde L ^a   Troccoli, Luis ^b   León S , Luis B ^b  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISHING INDUSTRY; HARVESTING; OYSTER CULTURE; SHELLFISH FISHERY;

COLOMBIA; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

BIVALVIA; OSTREIDAE; PINCTADA; PINCTADA IMBRICATA; PTERIIDAE;

EID: 4644294565     PISSN: 00901830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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