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Observation on the culture of green mussel in Pillaimadam salt water lagoon, near Mandapam

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Title Observation on the culture of green mussel in Pillaimadam
salt water lagoon, near Mandapam
 
Creator Lipton, A P
Pillai, S Krishna
Thillairajan, P
 
Subject Mussel culture
 
Description The Pillalmadam salt water lagoon (09°17'N
and 79°06'E), located near Mandapam, in Ramnad
district is bound by the Palk Bay on the north
and the Rameswaram-Ramnad rail road on the
south (Fig.l). It extends to a length of about 5^g
km, covering an area of about 450 ha. The lagoon
is connected to the Palk Bay by a bar mouth,
through which it receives the tidal water. During
the north-east monsoon (November and December)
the lagoon gets rain water mainly through
the Pillaimadam creek. Although the suitablity of
the lagoon for finfish culture,
 
Publisher CMFRI; Kochi
 
Date 1994
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Identifier Lipton, A P and Pillai, S Krishna and Thillairajan, P (1994) Observation on the culture of green mussel in Pillaimadam salt water lagoon, near Mandapam. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series, 127. pp. 8-11.