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Marine molluscan diversity in India- exploitation and conservation challenges in the 21st Century

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Title Marine molluscan diversity in India- exploitation and conservation challenges in the 21st Century
 
Creator Mohamed, K S
 
Subject Molluscan Fisheries
Conservation
Marine Biodiversity
 
Description T h e molluscs (soft bodied animals) belong to the large and diverse
phylum Molluscs, which includes a variety of familiar animals well-known
as decorative shells or as seafood. These range from tiny snails, clams, and
abalone to larger organisms such as squid, cuttlefish and the octopus. These
molluscs occupy a variety of habitats ranging from mountain forests,
freshwater to more than 10 km depth in the sea. They range in size from
less than 1 mm to more than 15 m (for example the giant squid) and their
popularion density may exceed 40,000/m2 in some areas. In the tropical
marine environment, molluscs occupy every trophic level, from primary
producers to top carnivores. India has extensive molluscan resources along
her coasts. In rhe numerous bays, brackish waters and estuaries and in the
seas around the subcontinent; molluscs belonging to different taxonomic
groups, such as, mussels, oysters, clams, pearl-oysters, window-pane oysters,
ark-shells, whelks, chanks, cowries, squids and curtlefish have been exploited
since time immemorial for food, pearls and shells.
 
Publisher CUSAT
 
Contributor Ramachandran, A
Joseph, Aneykutty
 
Date 2012
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/8926/1/sunil_mohamed_marine_biodiversity.pdf
Mohamed, K S (2012) Marine molluscan diversity in India- exploitation and conservation challenges in the 21st Century. In: Marine biodiversity status, opportunities and challenges. CUSAT, Kochi, pp. 37-64.