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Experimental transplantation of the clam Meretrix casta (Chemnitz) in the marine fish farm

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Title Experimental transplantation of the clam
Meretrix casta (Chemnitz) in the marine fish farm
 
Creator Durve, V S
 
Subject Clam
 
Description Several hundred clams. Meretrix casta IChwnni tz) obtained from Athankarai
estuary (long. 79% . Lat. 9' 2VN.) on 28th 0ztob:r. 1964, were transplanted in the
pond of the fish farm of the Central Marine Fi~hetics Research Institute, M mdspam
Camp. During the period of study extending over six months, it was found that tbero
was an initial high rate of growth in ths sesd clams immdiately on transplan&tion.
However, this rate of growth declined Brst slowly and then rapidly after five months.
Probabk caws for this uneven growth are dimwed.
 
Publisher CMFRI/ICAR
 
Date 1973
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/1225/1/Article_06.pdf
Durve, V S (1973) Experimental transplantation of the clam Meretrix casta (Chemnitz) in the marine fish farm. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 20 (1). pp. 56-60.