Survey of Wild Pacific Oyster Crassostrea gigas in Scotland

• Main Authors: Cottier-Cook, Elizabeth, Beveridge, Christine, Lamont, Peter, O'Higgins, Tim, Wilding, Tom
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Scottish Aquaculture Research Forum 2015
• Subjects: Pacific Oyster; Wild; Biosecurity; Pacific; Loch Fyne; Crassostrea gigas; Pacific oyster
• Online Access: https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/b27542b5-521e-473e-a598-c794c058207f; https://pureadmin.uhi.ac.uk/ws/files/48616530/Cook_E_SARF099.pdf; http://www.sarf.org.uk/cms-assets/documents/207056-140687.sarf099.pdf.

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