Eight giant clam species have been overfished for meat and shells throughout their tropical
Indo‐Pacific distributions. The 1960s through the 1980s were particularly severe for the two …

Giant clams, the largest living bivalves, live in close association with coral reefs throughout
the Indo-Pacific. These iconic invertebrates perform numerous important ecological roles as …

This study compares the nutrition of 2 species of giant clam (Tridacnidae) from Tonga: the
rare Tridacna tevoroa, which inhabits relatively deep waters (9 to 33 m), and T. derasa, a …

Giant clam populations have been over‐exploited throughout their range over the past
decades for their meat and shells. Tridacna maxima, commonly known as the 'small giant …

Shell growth, reproduction, and natural mortality of the giant clam Tridacna maxima were
characterized over a two-year-period in the lagoon of the high island of Tubuai (Austral …

The effects of temperature, emersion, light and contrasting localities on growth and survival
of juveniles of Tridacna gigas were studied at Orpheus Island, North Queensland, Australia …

Giant clams (Tridacninae) are largely threatened globally, but information regarding their
distribution and abundance is deficient in many locations, including in the Republic of …

In the past decade there has been an enormous upsurge in interest in the giant clams
(Family Tridacnidae), resulting largely from the realization that their artificial propagation is …

Valvometry, the electronic measurement of bivalve shell opening and closing, has been
demonstrated to be a valuable biomonitoring technique in previous ecological and …

Recruitment constraints on Singapore's dwindling fluted giant clam, Tridacna squamosa,
population were studied by modelling fertilisation, larval transport, and settlement using real …