A note on spat settlement and growth of the pearl oyster Pinctada chemnitzii (Philippi) in Kakinada bay

Pearl oyster Pinctada chemnitzii, belonging to the family Pteriidae has been reported from Kakinada Bay. They are found in the coarse sandy-mud bottom at 0.3 to 3.0 m depth range towards eastern side of the Bay near Hope Island, attached to dead wlndowpane oyster shells. The population biomass the s...

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Main Authors: Abdussamad, E M, Achayya, P, Somayajulu, K R
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: CMFRI, Kochi 1998
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Online Access:http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/4548/
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