Publication Date:
2021-07-11
Description:
Size variation, growth, condition index and spawning periodicities of three species of molluscs were studied for a period of 15 months from a polluted and a relatively clean marine habitat near Bombay, Maharashtra, India. Growth of Saccostrea cucullata was 1.2 times and of Cerithium rubus was 1.6 times higher in unpolluted habitat than the polluted water. Spawning was during premonsoon in S. cucullata, post monsoon in C. rubus and monsoon in Tellina angulata. Condition index and percentage edibility values were higher at less polluted stations.
Keywords:
Biology
;
condition factors
;
pollution effects
;
spawning
;
marine molluscs
;
growth
;
Saccostrea cucullata
;
marine
;
Bombay
;
Maharashtra
;
India
Repository Name:
AquaDocs
Type:
article
Format:
application/pdf
Format:
application/pdf
Format:
21-29
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