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Breeding season of green mussel, Perna viridis at Mocha,Veraval

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Title Breeding season of green mussel,
Perna viridis at Mocha,Veraval
 
Creator Koya, Mohammed
Sreenath, K R
Anbarasu, M
Pradeep, S
 
Subject Mussel culture
Bivalves
Molluscan Fisheries
 
Description Spat falling of Green Mussel, Perna
viridis, was observed during the
month of February. The size of mussel spats
ranged from 1.1 to 2.0 cms. This shows
a winter breeding season for the green
mussels of Mocha. In southern India,
monsoon and summer seasons were
the reported seasons of mussel breeding
in the wild. Spats were found attached
to the rocks in the intertidal area of
Mocha.
 
Publisher ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2011
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/16216/1/CMFRI_NL_2011_128_9_1.pdf
Koya, Mohammed and Sreenath, K R and Anbarasu, M and Pradeep, S (2011) Breeding season of green mussel, Perna viridis at Mocha,Veraval. CMFRI Newsletter Cadalmin (128). p. 9.