by John Lucas (Editor), Paul Southgate (Editor)
Covers various aspects of the biology of pearl oysters, their anatomy, reproduction, genetics, and diseases. This book considers how they are farmed from spawning and culturing larvae in hatcheries to adults in the ocean, and how various environmental factors, including pollution affect them.
Format: Illustrated
Pages: 544
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Published: 02 Sep 2008
ISBN 10: 0444529764
ISBN 13: 9780444529763