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Studies on the settlement of barnacles at different depths in the pearl oyster farm at Tuticorin

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Title Studies on the settlement of barnacles at different depths in the pearl oyster farm at Tuticorin
 
Creator Velayudhan, T S
 
Subject Pearl oyster
 
Description Fouling on the pearl oyster cages in the farm by barnacles and other organisms is considered
a big nuisance and also at times retards the growth rate of oysters leading to mortality. Removal
of the barnacles is a labour intensive work. To avoid this, experiments were conducted to find
out at what depth the intensity of barnacle fouling is minimal so that the cages can be lowered
to that depth. it has been found that there is considerable reduction in the number of barnacles
settled at 6 m depth even during the peak barnacle settlement season. It is considered to be
advantageous to position the cages lower down the water column. The paper gives an account of
barnacle fouling intensity on pearl oyster cages in different months and different depths in the
pearl oyster farm
 
Publisher CMFRI
 
Date 1988
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/2594/1/Article_15.pdf
Velayudhan, T S (1988) Studies on the settlement of barnacles at different depths in the pearl oyster farm at Tuticorin. CMFRI Bulletin, 42 (2). pp. 301-305.