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Clam Fisheries and Aquaculture

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Mollusca is one of the largest phyla in the animal kingdom , over 50.000 species having been desribed, thus comprising more than a half of the marine species. Molluscs are scientifically and economically important invertebrates, representing 8% of all captured marine species. One of the six molluscan classes is bivalvia, which is composed of both marine and freshwater animals enclosed in shelss with two valves. Among these, the groups of greatest economic importance are oysters, scallops, mussels and clams. This book deals with clams in the broad sense of the term, since there are several bivalve families falling into the "clam" category. The selection of the families is primarily based on their respective economic importance, in terms of fisheries and aquaculture production. These selected families are veneridae (venus shells), mactridae (surf clams), donacidae (wedge shells), myidae (softshell clams), pharidae and solenidae ( razor clams). It must be remarked that, in some chapters or sections within them, species belonging to other families of clams are cited.
When I began to compile and edit this book I reflected on the large number of comprehensive and high quality books concerned with clam biology and aquaculture available at the moment. However I came to the conclusion that, thought there are several books which are very good sources of information, some of the have not been updated while others have focused on just a single species. Consequently, the purpose of this volume is booth to gather together information on the six families of clam, referring to those aspect of biology that influence fisheries and aquaculture, and to provide information about the current status of clam culture and fisheries in a worldwide context.

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Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

639.3 GON c cop.1

Penerbit

New York : nova., 2013

Deskripsi Fisik

379 hlm; 29,5 cm

Bahasa

English

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Klasifikasi

639.3

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Tipe Media

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Edisi

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Subjek

Aquaculture

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