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<p>Multiple-choice feeding preference assay on two sea urchin species from the Gulf of Mannar, South East coast of India</p>

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Title Statement <p>Multiple-choice feeding preference assay on two sea urchin species from the Gulf of Mannar, South East coast of India</p>
 
Added Entry - Uncontrolled Name Saravanan, R ; Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
Jawahar, P
Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Uncontrolled Index Term Gulf of Mannar, Seagrass, Sea urchins, Seaweeds
 
Summary, etc. A multiple-choice feeding experiment was conducted on the two sea urchins, <em>viz</em>., <em>Salmacis virgulata </em>and <em>Temnopleurus toreumaticus, </em>in four feeding assays with 12 varieties of seagrass and seaweed. The results of the study have revealed that the species <em>Caulerpa peltata</em>, <em>C. racemosa</em>, <em>Kappaphycus </em><em>alvarezii</em> and <em>Padina tetrastromatica </em>occupied the top feeding positions in the descending order for <em>S. virgulata</em>. But for <em>T. toreumaticus</em>, the order of preference was observed to decrease sequentially for <em>C. peltata</em>, <em>Cymodocea serrulata</em>, <em>C. racemosa</em> and <em>Syringodium isoetifolium</em>. This study further revealed that there was a leaning preference towards seagrass species in <em>T. toreumaticus</em> which was conspicuously absent in <em>S</em><em>. </em><em>virgulata</em>. This kind of studies would pave way to better understand sea urchin ecology and its urchin barren phenomenon.<br />
 
Publication, Distribution, Etc. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences (IJMS)
2022-09-01 01:02:26
 
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Data Source Entry Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences (IJMS); ##issue.vol## 51, ##issue.no## 03 (2022)
 
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