The status of silverlip pearl oyster Pinctada maxima (Jameson) (Mollusca, Pteridae) in the Solomon Islands after A 15-year export ban

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 255-260

  Hawes, Ian ^a,c   Lasiak, T ^b   Smith, M Lincoln ^b   Oengpepa, C ^a  

^a WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

^b Cardno Ecology Lab   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

abundance; management; pearl oyster; Pinctada maxima; population size structure; Solomon Islands

Indexed keywords

MOLLUSCA; OSTREIDAE; PINCTADA; PINCTADA MAXIMA;

EID: 80052307473     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2983/035.030.0209     Document Type: Article

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