Projects 9
Publications 65
Awards 3

Biography

Professor Clive Jones is internationally recognised for his marine science and aquaculture research and development, with a primary focus on marine rock lobster, freshwater crayfish and giant freshwater prawn aquaculture. Prof. Jones’ 40 years of professional experience have equipped him with an exceptional skillset through international research project leadership, building research teams to address industry development objectives across all necessary biological disciplines, bio-economics, social science, marketing and policy development. His work engages him with small-holder practitioners, medium and large scale commercial operators, government and University research organisations and senior government officials, to deliver practical solutions that enable industry development, growth and capacity building. Prof. Jones has secured more than $15 million in external funding for the projects he has led and participated in, delivered in Australia, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines and Sri Lanka. He has published more than 250 scientific articles.

His current research focus is on development of rock lobster farming in Indonesia and the Philippines, improvement of nursery technology for redclaw freshwater crayfish in Australia and development of culture-based fisheries for giant freshwater prawns in Sri Lanka.

Prof. Jones has a special interest in developing aquaculture opportunities for Australian Indigenous communities using rock lobsters and freshwater crayfish as target species.

He works closely with industry with a strong, successful track record in technology transfer from research to commercial production, bolstered in particular by an ability to communicate effectively at scientific, farmer, government and corporate levels. Dr Jones’ greatest motivation is from working with village-based, small-holder farmers in Asia to improve their lives and livelihoods.

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Current JCU Research Students

Chitosan in Aquaculture: Effect on The Physical Properties of Pellets, Growth Performances, Survival Rate, and Physiological Aspects of Australian Spiny Lobster Panulirus ornatus
Doctor of Philosophy (Natural and Physical Sciences)

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Jones, Clive (2020) Research for development of lobster growout technology in Indonesia [Final report on ACIAR project FIS/2014/059]. Canberra, ACT, Australia: [Report]
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Jones, Clive; Huong, Le Lan; Tuan, Le Anh; Bahrawi, Samsul; Irvin, Simon (2015) Spiny lobster aquaculture development in eastern Indonesia, Vietnam and Australia. Canberra, ACT, Australia: [Report]
Other Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
O'Sullivan, David; Fielder, Don; Jones, Clive (2003) Freshwater crustaceans. Oxford, UK: [Reference Material]
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Cherax
2002
Lawrence, Craig; Jones, Clive (2002) Cherax. Oxford UK: [Reference Material]
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Jones, Clive M.; Grady, Jo-Anne (2000) Redclaw from harvest to market: a manual of handling procedures. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: [Reference Material]
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Jones, Clive (1998) Redclaw Crayfish. Canberra, ACT, Australia: [Non-Research Book Chapter]
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Jones, Clive M.; McPhee, Cam P.; Ruscoe, Ian M. (1998) Breeding redclaw: management and selection of broodstock. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: [Reference Material]
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Curtis, Millin C.; Jones, Clive M. (1995) Overview of redclaw crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus, farming practices in northern Australia. Baton Rouge, LA, USA: [Non-Research Book Chapter]
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Medley, Paul B.; Jones, Clive M.; Avault, James W. (1995) A bibliography of the Australian redclaw crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens 1868) (Decapoda: Parastacidae). Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA: [Reference Material]
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Jones, Clive (1990) The Biology and Aquaculture Potential of the Tropical Freshwater Crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: [Non-Research Book]
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Jones, Clive; Derbyshire, Kurt (1987) Prawn trawl bycatch. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: [Non-Research Book Chapter]
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Digamadulla, Dayananda Senathera; Asoka, Jayasinghe M.; Jones, Clive; Jayasinghe‐Mudalige, Udith K.; Wijenayake, W. M. H. Kelum; Amarasinghe, Upali S.; de Croos, M. D. S. T. (2023) 'Appraisal of culture‐based fisheries of giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii, De Man, 1879) in reservoirs of Sri Lanka'. Aquaculture, Fish and Fisheries, 3 (1):81-95. [DOI]
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Giri, Nyoman Adiasmara; Irvin, Simon; Haryanti; Sudewi; Selamet, Bejo; Jones, Clive M.; Mujiono (2023) 'Growth Response of Lobster Panulirus homarus Reared in Tanks and in Floating Net Cages Fed with Compound and Fresh Feed'. Sains Malaysiana, 52 (10):2747-2759. [DOI]
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Greco, Laura Susana Lopez; Stumpf, Liane; Timpanaro, Santiago; Cid, Abril Rebagliati; Lamberti, Matias; Battista, Ariadna; LauraTomas, Ana; Jones, Clive M. (2022) 'Impact of low-cost diets on maturation of the red claw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus: An integrative approach during a long-term study'. Aquaculture, 561 . [DOI]
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Nankervis, Leo; Jones, Clive (2022) 'Recent advances and future directions in practical diet formulation and adoption in tropical Palinurid lobster aquaculture'. Reviews in Aquaculture, 14 (4):1830-1842. [DOI]
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Rigg, Damian P.; Courtney, Robert L.; Seymour, Jamie E.; Jones, Clive M. (2021) 'Evaluation of four practical diets on the growth and survival of juvenile redclaw, Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens, 1868)'. Freshwater Crayfish, 26 (1). [DOI]
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Rigg, Damian P.; Courtney, Robert L.; Jones, Clive M.; Seymour, Jamie E. (2021) 'Morphology and weight-length relationships for the first six instars of Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens, 1868)'. Freshwater Crayfish, 26 (1):9-16. [DOI]
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Rigg, Damian P.; Courtney, Robert L.; Seymour, Jamie E.; Jones, Clive M. (2021) 'Determining suitable thermal regimes for early instar redclaw juveniles, Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens, 1868) (Decapoda, Parastacidae), for a proposed nursery phase'. Freshwater Crayfish, 26 (1):17-23. [DOI]
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Jones, Clive M.; Valverde, Colin (2020) 'Development of mass production hatchery technology for the redclaw crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus'. Freshwater Crayfish, 25 (1):1-6. [DOI]
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Priyambodo, Bayu; Jones, Clive M.; Sammut, Jesmond (2020) 'Assessment of the lobster puerulus (Panulirus homarus and Panulirus ornatus, Decapoda: Palinuridae) resource of Indonesia and its potential for sustainable harvest for aquaculture'. Aquaculture, 528 . [DOI]
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Rigg, Damian; Seymour, Jamie E.; Courtney, Robert L.; Jones, Clive M. (2020) 'A review of juvenile redclaw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens, 1898) Aquaculture: global production practices and innovation'. Freshwater Crayfish, 25 (1):13-30. [DOI]
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Marchese, Gioele; Fitzgibbon, Quinn P.; Trotter, Andrew J.; Carter, Chris G.; Jones, Clive M.; Smith, Gregory G. (2019) 'The influence of flesh ingredients format and krill meal on growth and feeding behaviour of juvenile tropical spiny lobster Panulirus ornatus'. Aquaculture, 499 :128-139. [DOI]
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Diedrich, Amy; Blythe, Jessica; Petersen, Elizabeth; Euriga, Epsi; Fatchiya, Anna; Shimada, Takahiro; Jones, Clive (2019) 'Socio-economic drivers of adoption of small-scale aquaculutre in Indonesia'. Sustainability, 11 (6). [DOI]
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Syafrizal, Syafrizal; Jones, Clive M.; Permana, Idat G.; Utomo, Nur Bambang P. (2018) 'Effect of feeding frequency on survival and growth of juvenile spiny lobster Panulirus versicolor in Indonesia'. Aquaculture, Aquarium, Conservation and Legislation, 11 (5):1427-1434.
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Jones, Clive (2018) 'Progress and obstacles in establishing rock lobster aquaculture in Indonesia'. Bulletin of Marine Science, 94 (3):1223-1233. [DOI]
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Priyambodo, Bayu; Jones, Clive M.; Sammut, Jesmond (2017) 'Improved collector design for the capture of tropical spiny lobster, Panulirus homarus and P-ornatus (Decapoda: Palinuridae), pueruli in Lombok, Indonesia'. Aquaculture, 479 :321-332. [DOI]
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Spanier, Ehud; Lavalli, Kari L.; Goldstein, Jason S.; Groeneveld, Johan C.; Jordaan, Gareth L.; Jones, Clive M.; Phillips, Bruce F.; Bianchini, Marco L.; Kibler, Rebecca D.; Díaz, David; Mallol, Sandra; Goñi, Raquel; van Der Meeren, Gro I.; Agnalt, Ann-Lisbeth; Behringer, Donald C.; Keegan, William F.; Jeffs, Andrew (2015) 'A concise review of lobster utilization by worldwide human populations from prehistory to the modern era'. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 72 (Supplement 1):7-21. [DOI]
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Dao, Hoc Tan; Smith-Keune, Carolyn; Wolanski, Eric; Jones, Clive M.; Jerry, Dean R. (2015) 'Oceanographic currents and local ecological knowledge indicate, and genetics does not refute, a contemporary pattern of larval dispersal for the ornate spiny lobster, Panulirus ornatus in the south-east Asian archipelago'. PLoS ONE, 10 (5):1-19. [DOI]
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Richman, Nadia I.; Böhm, Monika; Adams, Susan B.; Alvarez, Fernando; Bergey, Elizabeth A.; Bunn, John J.S.; Burnham, Quinton; Cordeiro, Jay; Coughran, Jason; Crandall, Keith A.; Dawkins, Kathryn L.; DiStefano, Robert J.; Doran, Niall E.; Edsman, Lennart; Eversole, Arnold G.; Füreder, Leopold; Furse, James M.; Gherardi, Francesca; Hamr, Premek; Holdich, David M.; Horwitz, Pierre; Johnston, Kerrylyn; Jones, Clive M.; Jones, Julia P.G.; Jones, Robert L.; Jones, Thomas G.; Kawai, Tadashi; Lawler, Susan; López-Mejía, Marilu; Miller, Rebecca M.; Pedraza-Lara, Carlos; Reynolds, Julian D.; Richardson, Alastair M.M.; Schultz, Mark B.; Schuster, Guenter A.; Sibley, Peter J.; Souty-Grosset, Catherine; Taylor, Christopher A.; Thoma, Roger F.; Walls, Jerry; Walsh, Todd S.; Collen, Ben (2015) 'Multiple drivers of decline in the global status of freshwater crayfish (Decapoda: Astacidea)'. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological SciencesPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series, 370 :1-11. [DOI]
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Priyambodo, Bayu; Jones, Clive; Sammut, Jesmond (2015) 'The effect of trap type and water depth on puerulus settlement in the spiny lobster aquaculture industry in Indonesia'. Aquaculture, 442 :132-137. [DOI]
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Do Huu, Hoang; Jones, Clive M. (2014) 'Effects of dietary mannan oligosaccharide supplementation on juvenile spiny lobster Panulirus homarus (Palinuridae)'. Aquaculture, 432 :258-264. [DOI]
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Petersen, Elizabeth H.; Jones, Clive; Priyambodo, Bayu (2013) 'Bioeconomics of spiny lobster farming in Indonesia'. Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development, 10 (1):25-39.
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Jones, Clive (2010) 'Tropical spiny lobster aquaculture development in Vietnam, Indonesia and Australia'. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 52 (2):304-315.
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Sachlikidis, N.G.; Jones, C.M.; Seymour, J.E. (2010) 'The effect of temperature on the incubation of eggs of the tropical rock lobster Panulirus ornatus'. Aquaculture, 305 (1-4):79-83. [DOI]
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Jones, Clive; Nguyen, Long Van; Dao, Hoc Tan; Priyambodo, Bayu (2010) 'Exploitation of puerulus settlement for the development of tropical rock lobster aquaculture in the Indo-West Pacific'. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 52 (2):292-303.
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Jones, Clive M. (2009) 'Temperature and salinity tolerances of the tropical spiny lobster, Panulirus ornatus'. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, 40 (6):744-752. [DOI]
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Johnston, Matthew D.; Johnston, Danielle J.; Jones, Clive M. (2008) 'Evaluation of partial replacement of live and fresh feeds with a formulated diet and the influence of weaning Panulirus ornatus phyllosomata onto a formulated diet during early ontogeny'. Aquaculture International, 16 (1):33-47. [DOI]
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Sachlikidis, N.G.; Jones, C.M.; Seymour, J.E. (2005) 'Reproductive cues in Panulirus ornatus'. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 39 (Special Issue 1):305-310.
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Ruscoe, I.M.; Jones, C.M.; Jones, P.L.; Caley, P. (2005) 'The effects of various binders and moisture content on pellet stability of research diets for freshwater crayfish'. Aquaculture Nutrition, 11 (2):87-93. [DOI]
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McPhee, Cameron P.; Jones, C.M.; Shanks, Scott A. (2004) 'Selection for increased weight at 9 months in redclaw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus)'. Aquaculture, 237 (1-4):131-140. [DOI]
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Ruscoe, Ian M.; Jones, Paul L.; Jones, Clive M. (2002) 'Effects of feeding moist and dry diets to redclaw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus, in tanks'. Freshwater Crayfish, 13 :164-176.
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Jones, Clive M.; Ruscoe, Ian M. (2002) 'Biological and aquaculture characteristics of five stocks of redclaw, Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens) (Decapoda: Parastacidae) from northern Queensland, Australia'. Freshwater Crayfish, 13 :115-135.
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Jones, Clive M.; Ruscoe, Ian M. (2001) 'Assessment of five shelter types in the production of redclaw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus (Decapoda: Parastacidae) under earthen pond conditions'. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, 32 (1):41-52. [DOI]
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Jones, C.M.; Linton, L.; Horton, D.; Bowman, W. (2001) 'Effect of density on growth and survival of ornate rock lobster, Panulirus ornatus (Fabricius, 1798), in a flow-through raceway system'. Marine and Freshwater Research, 52 (8):1425-1429. [DOI]
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Jones, Clive M.; Ruscoe, Ian M. (2000) 'Assessment of stocking size and density in the production of redclaw crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens) (Decapoda: Parastacidae), cultured under earthen pond conditions'. Aquaculture, 189 (1-2):63-71. [DOI]
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Jones, C.M.; McPhee, C.P.; Ruscoe, I.M. (2000) 'A review of genetic improvement in growth rate in redclaw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens) (Decapoda: Parastacidae)'. Aquaculture Research, 31 (1):61-67. [DOI]
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McPhee, C.P.; Jones, C.M. (1997) 'Selection for weight gain in Redclaw crayfish'. Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 12 :81-84.
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Jones, Clive M. (1995) 'Production of juvenile redclaw crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens)(Decapoda, Parastacidae) I. development of hatchery and nursery procedures'. Aquaculture, 138 (1-4):221-238. [DOI]
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Curtis, Millin C.; Jones, Clive M. (1995) 'Observations on monosex culture of redclaw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus von Martens (Decapoda: Parastacidae) in earthen ponds'. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, 26 (2):154-159. [DOI]
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Jones, Clive M. (1995) 'Production of juvenile redclaw crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens)(Decapoda, Parastacidae) III. managed pond production trials'. Aquaculture, 138 (1-4):247-255. [DOI]
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Jones, Clive M. (1995) 'Production of juvenile redclaw crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens)(Decapoda, Parastacidae) II. juvenile nutrition and habitat'. Aquaculture, 138 (1-4):239-245. [DOI]
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Jones, Clive M. (1993) 'Population structure of Thenus orientalis and T. indicus (Decapoda: Scyllaridae) in northeastern Australia'. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 97 :143-155.
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Jones, Clive M. (1990) 'Morphological characteristics of Bay Lobsters, Thenus Leach species (Decapoda, Scyllaridae) from North-eastern Australia'. Crustaceana, 59 (3):265-275. [DOI]
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Jones, Clive M.; Derbyshire, Kurt (1988) 'Sampling the demersal fauna from a commercial penaeid prawn fishery off the central Queensland coast'. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 25 (2):403-415.
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Geddes, Michael C.; Jones, Clive M. (1997) 'Australian freshwater crayfish exploitation by fishing and aquaculture' Australian Biologist, 10 (1) :70-75.
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Jones, Clive (1982) 'Spanner crabs threatened in Queensland' Habitat, 10 (1) :4-4.
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Sahidhir, Ibnu; Syahrul; Syafrizal; Dewiyanti, Irma; Jones, Clive M.; Rimmer, Michael A. (2023) E3S Web of Conferences Feeding management and appraisal of recirculating aquaculture system for spiny lobster Panulirus spp. weaning Denpasar-Bali, Indonesia, [DOI]
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Jones, Clive M. (2015) International Lobster Aquaculture Symposium Spiny lobster aquaculture development in Indonesia, Vietnam and Australia Lombok, Indonesia, .
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Jones, Clive M. (1995) Papers from the Eight International Symposium on Astacology. Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, 22-26 April 1990 Effect of temperature on growth and survival of the tropical freshwater crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens)(Decapoda, Parastacidae) Baton Rouge, LA, USA, .
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Jones, Clive (1995) Freshwater Crayfish X. Proceedings of the International Association of Astacology Tenth Sympsoium 1994 Evaluation of six diets fed to redclaw, Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens), held in pond enclosures Adelaide, SA, Australia, .
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Jones, Clive (1995) Freshwater Crayfish VIII. Papers from the Eight International Symposium on Astacology. Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, 22-26 April 1990 Salinity tolerance of the tropical freshwater crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens)(Decapoda, Parastacidae) Baton Rouge, LA, USA, .
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Jones, Clive; Anh, Tuan Le; Priyambodo, Bayu (2019) 'Lobster aquaculture development in Vietnam and Indonesia' In: Jones, Clive, Anh, Tuan Le, and Priyambodo, Bayu (2019) Lobster aquaculture development in Vietnam and Indonesia. In: Radhakrishnan, E. V., Phillips, Bruce F., and Achamveetil, Gopalakrishnan, (eds.) Lobsters: Biology, Fisheries and Aquaculture. Springer, Singapore, pp. 541-570(Eds.). Lobsters: Biology, Fisheries and Aquaculture. Singapore : Springer. [DOI]
Barki, Assaf; Jones, Clive; Karplus, Ilan (2011) 'Chemical communication and aquaculture of decapod crustaceans: needs, problems, and possible solutions' In: Barki, Assaf, Jones, Clive, and Karplus, Ilan (2011) Chemical communication and aquaculture of decapod crustaceans: needs, problems, and possible solutions. In: Breithaupt, Thomas, and Thiel, Martin, (eds.) Chemical Communication in Crustaceans. Springer, New York, USA, pp. 485-506(Eds.). Chemical Communication in Crustaceans. New York, USA : Springer. [DOI]
Jones, C.M. (2009) 'Advances in the culture of lobsters' In: Jones, C.M. (2009) Advances in the culture of lobsters. In: Burnell, Gavin, and Allan, Geoff, (eds.) New Technologies in Aquaculture: improving production efficiency, quality and environmental management. Woodhead Publishing, Cambridge, UK, pp. 822-844(Eds.). New Technologies in Aquaculture: improving production efficiency, quality and environmental management. Cambridge, UK : Woodhead Publishing. [DOI]
Jones, Clive (2007) 'Biology and fishery of the Bay Lobster, Thenus spp' In: Jones, Clive (2007) Biology and fishery of the Bay Lobster, Thenus spp. In: Lavalli, Kari L., and Spanier, Ehud, (eds.) The Biology and Fisheries of the Slipper Lobster. Crustacean Issues (17). CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, pp. 325-358(Eds.). The Biology and Fisheries of the Slipper Lobster. Boca Raton, Florida, USA : CRC Press. [DOI]