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Bivalve resources of Palar Estuary

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Title Bivalve resources of Palar Estuary
 
Creator Thangavelu, R
Poovannan, P
 
Subject Bivalves
 
Description Palar estuary is a bar-built estuary located about 70 km south of Chennai, runs perpendicular to the sea coast and enters into the Bay of Bengal near Pudupattinam colony. The
Cheyyar river which runs towards east in the Kancheepuram District and the Buckingham canal which runs parallel to the sea coast, both of them confluences with the Palar estuary before entering into the Bay of Bengal. There was no organized fishery for clam and oysters in this estuary, however, the fishery is conducted for clams and oysters whenever there is a scarcity for fish.
 
Publisher CMFRI, Kochi
 
Date 2007
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/3351/1/1.pdf
Thangavelu, R and Poovannan, P (2007) Bivalve resources of Palar Estuary. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series (191). pp. 1-5.