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Growth and production of benthic bivalve, Gafrarium pectinatum (Linn.) from west coast of India

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Title Growth and production of benthic bivalve, Gafrarium pectinatum (Linn.) from west coast of India
 
Creator Ansari, Z.A.
Chatterji, A.
Parulekar, A.H.
 
Subject Population Studies
biomass
length-weight relationships
benthos
marine molluscs
biological production
growth
Gafrarium pectinatum
ISW, India, West Coast
 
Description Production of Gafrarium pectinatum was characterized by the presence of 0,1 and 2 y age groups Average monthly growth in length varied from 0.6 to 3mm The relationship between length and weight was isometric The average biomass was 0.21 g (dry wt)m -2 and total production 3.16 g (dry wt)m-2y-1 Production:biomass was 1:4.93 The production was maximum during the 1st y of life.
 
Date 1995-08-13T10:01:24Z
2017-09-29T13:48:19Z
1995-08-13T10:01:24Z
2017-09-29T13:48:19Z
1986
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, vol.15; 1986; 262-263
0379-5136
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/6204
 
Language en
 
Relation Indian J Mar Sci
SCI
 
Publisher CSIR-NISCAIR