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Age and growth studies of banana prawn, Penaeus merguiensis de Man from Maharashtra waters

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Title Age and growth studies of banana prawn, Penaeus merguiensis de Man from Maharashtra waters
 
Creator Mane, Sushant
Deshmukh, V D
 
Subject Fishery biology
Prawn and Prawn fisheries
age and growth
 
Description Age and growth of Penaeus merguiensis from Maharashtra waters were studied. The estimates obtained
by Bhattacharya analysis and Gulland-Holt plot were L∞ = 203.7 mm and K = 2.15 yr-1 for males and
L∞ = 254.9 mm and K = 1.90 yr-1 for females. The maximum size observed for males was 188 mm and
238 mm for females. The male and female prawns after one month larval period attain 134.2 mm and
156.3 mm length in 6 months and 180.0 mm and 216.8 mm in one year respectively.
 
Publisher Marine Biological Association of India
 
Date 2011
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/8839/1/5_1587_-_Sushant_Mane_5.pdf
Mane, Sushant and Deshmukh, V D (2011) Age and growth studies of banana prawn, Penaeus merguiensis de Man from Maharashtra waters. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 53 (2). pp. 184-188.