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Wood-boring organisms from Valapattanam backwaters, south west coast of India

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Title Wood-boring organisms from Valapattanam backwaters, south west coast of India
 
Creator Nair, N Balakrishnan
 
Description 170-172
Dicvathifer manni, Lyrodus pedicellatus, Teredo furcifera, Nausitora hedleyi, Bankia campanellata, of the Teredinidae; Martesia striata, M. (Particoma) nairi of the Pholadidae and Sphaeroma terebrans, S. annandalei of the Sphaeromatidae were the species active in the area. The most destructive group was sphaeromatids forming as much as 85.4%. Maximum incidence of L. pedicellatus was noted towards the low saline areas while D. manni and T. furcifera exhibited a different reaction preferring areas around the bar-mouth where the salinity was maximum, the former attacking even live mangroves. M. (P.) nairi and S. terebrans were very common both exhibiting tolerance to wide ranges of salinity. It was observed that different species effectively avoided competition and thus shared the limited wood substratum available in the estuary through their salinity preferences.
 
Date 2016-11-17T04:44:52Z
2016-11-17T04:44:52Z
1996-06
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/37115
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.25(2) [June 1996]