Some Aspects of the Ecology of a Bivalve Mollusk in Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii

• Main Author: Higgins, John H.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Hawai'i, Honolulu 1969
• Subjects: Clams; Marine ecology > Hawaii > Kaneohe Bay; Kaneohe Bay (Hawaii); Kay; Pacific; Venus; Crassostrea gigas
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/15321

Typescript. Bibliography: leaves 46-47. The bivalve, Tapes philippinarum Adams and Reeve, 1867, was introduced. in Hawaii around 1900 (Bryan, 1918). The clam originally came from Japan where, according to Cahn (1951), it is one of the most important commercial species of shellfish. It is cultured in...