Giant Clams in Asia and the Pacific (ACIAR Monographs)

274pp, black and white illustrations, charts, tables, diagrams etc. In laminated card covers (a little rubbed at edges, slightly soiled on text block edges). Very slightly cocked. An ex reference library copy, with usual reference library markings - no lending sheet or pocket - else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. A series of articles and essays on the prospects for establishing clam farming as a sustainable industry and the state of research in clams in the Asia and Pacific regions. Essay titles include Status of Clams in Indonesia; Fiji Giant Clam Stocks; A Possible New Species of Tridacna; Giant Clam Resource Investigations in the Solomon Islands; Growth, Mortality and Potential Aquaculture Production; Mass Mortalities of Giant Clams of the Great Barrier Reef; Growth and Chemistry of the Shells of Juvenile Tridacna Gigas; etc. 8vo.