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Abundance of milkfish fry in relation to lunar periodicity in the nearshore waters around Manoli Island, Gulf of Mannar

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Title Abundance of milkfish fry in relation to lunar periodicity in the nearshore waters around Manoli Island, Gulf of Mannar
 
Creator Rengaswamy, V S
Gandhi, V
Raju, A
Mohanraj, G
Dorairaj, K
Rodrigo, Joseph Xavier
 
Subject Milkfish
Eggs and Larvae
 
Description Observations on the occurrence of fry of milkfish Chanos chanos carried out at ManoIi Island
from April 1983 to June 1984 in relation to the lunar periodicity are presented in this paper. During
this period 137, I75 fry were obtained, with a peak occurrence in May. Large quantities of fry were
collected during day time of new moon period. The study also indicated the peak occurrence of fry
in the initial flow of water during h i b ti&. The possibilities of large scale collection from the
adjoining areas appear to be bright.
 
Publisher MBAI
 
Date 1993
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/777/1/Renga_74-79.pdf
Rengaswamy, V S and Gandhi, V and Raju, A and Mohanraj, G and Dorairaj, K and Rodrigo, Joseph Xavier (1993) Abundance of milkfish fry in relation to lunar periodicity in the nearshore waters around Manoli Island, Gulf of Mannar. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 35 (1&2). pp. 74-79.