title: Current state and structure of native aggregations of pacifc oyster in the northern Amur Bay (Peter the Great Bay, Japan Sea)
abstract: Spatial distribution and reproductive ability of the pacifc oyster Crassostrea gigas aggregations in the northern Amur Bay (Peter the Great Bay, Japan Sea) are investigated using the data of direct and remote accounts. Totally 772 oyster banks and reefs are detected with the summary area of 284.6 hectares that is signifcantly larger than earlier assessments. The 35 giant beds (&gt; 1 ha) occupy 53.2 % of the summary area, but 79.8 % of mollusks gather in medium and large aggregations which occup
journal: Izvestiya TINRO