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Environmental physiology of raft-grown mussels in Goa, India

DRS at CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography

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Title Environmental physiology of raft-grown mussels in Goa, India
 
Creator Parulekar, A.H.
Dalal, S.G.
Ansari, Z.A.
Harkantra, S.N.
 
Subject Aquaculture
Aquatic Ecology, Productivity
mussel culture
raft culture
transplantation
brackishwater environment
acclimatization
growth
osmoregulation
reproductive cycle
water balance
adaptations
Perna viridis
ISW, India, Goa
 
Description Mussels (@iPerna viridis@@ L.) transplanted from a marine intertidal region and grown under water in the estuarine environment (on a floating raft) display a wide array of physiological adaptations in growth, osmoregulation and annual reproduction cycle. The interaction of environmental parameters influencing growth, as assessed by sequential multi-regression technique, indicated salinity as a dominant factor. Abundance of food material was necessary for growth progression. Development of a physiological mechanism for adjusting water balance in the body to counteract the wide temporal variations in salinity is reported. Synchronization of the annual reproduction cycle with exogenous and endogenous variables and under different environmental and metabolic stresses is discussed. Behavioural, physiological and biochemical adaptations of raft-grown mussels are highlighted
 
Date 1997-10-21T10:00:55Z
2017-09-29T13:48:39Z
1997-10-21T10:00:55Z
2017-09-29T13:48:39Z
1982
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Aquaculture, vol.29(1-2); 1982; 83-93
0044-8486
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/6613
 
Language en
 
Relation Aquaculture
SCI
 
Publisher Elsevier