Large-Scale Trade in Legally Protected Marine Mollusc Shells from Java and Bali, Indonesia.

BACKGROUND:Tropical marine molluscs are traded globally. Larger species with slow life histories are under threat from over-exploitation. We report on the trade in protected marine mollusc shells in and from Java and Bali, Indonesia. Since 1987 twelve species of marine molluscs are protected under I...

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Main Authors: Vincent Nijman, Denise Spaan, K Anne-Isola Nekaris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4696778?pdf=render