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Bivalve resources and its exploitation in Malabar

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Title Bivalve resources and its exploitation in Malabar
 
Creator Laxmilatha, P
Sivadasan, M P
Surendranath, V G
 
Subject Bivalves
 
Description The Malabar region of Kerala (Kozhikode, Kannur, Mahe, Kasargod) has significant bivalve resources contributing to subsistence fisheries of the local population. Clams and oysters form the major resources in the estuaries and backwaters. The clams, Meretrix casta, Meretrix meretrix, Villorita cyprinoides, Paphia malabarica and the edible oyster, Crassostrea madrasensis form the major exploited bivalve resources of commercial significance.
 
Publisher CMFRI
 
Date 2007-06
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/4242/1/2.pdf
Laxmilatha, P and Sivadasan, M P and Surendranath, V G (2007) Bivalve resources and its exploitation in Malabar. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series, 192. pp. 6-9.