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Sponge infestation on perna indica kuriakose and nair 1976 in experimental culture systems

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Title Sponge infestation on perna indica kuriakose and nair 1976 in experimental culture systems
 
Creator Kumar, P. Sunil
Thomas, P.A.
 
Subject Mussel
Perna Indica
Sponges
Culture
Calcareous
Sedentary
 
Description 731-733
Infestation of the brown mussel, Perna Indica from Vizhinjam and Dalavapuram by the boring sponge was
studied. Brown mussel from Vizhinjam recorded 23% infestation with Cliona lobata forming the dominant species (61%) followed by Cliona vastifica (26%), Cliona margaritifera (9%) and Cliona celata (4%). Brown mussel cultured in Dalavapuram recorded 18%
infestation and the study revealed that Cliona
vastifica is the only major pest in
the area studied.
 
Date 2011-11-18T04:33:23Z
2011-11-18T04:33:23Z
2011-10
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/13087
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.40(5) [October 2011]