On condition index and percentage edibiliy of the shortneck clam Paphia malabarica (Chemintz) from estuarine regions of Ratnagiri, west coast of India

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-73

  Mohite, Swapnaja Ashish ^a   Mohite, Ashish Suresh ^a   Singh, Hukum ^a  

^a Department of Fisheries Hydrography   (India)

Author keywords

Condition index; Estuary; Paphia malabarica; Percentage edibility

Indexed keywords

ESTUARY; MEAT; MOLLUSC; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; RATNAGIRI; SOUTH ASIA;

BIVALVIA; PAPHIA MALABARICA;

EID: 58149175935     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2008.02064.x     Document Type: Article

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