BIOLOGY OF THE GREEN MUSSEL, PERNA VIRIDIS (LINNAEUS) CULTURED IN MUTTUKADU LAGOON, MADRAS


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Authors

  • P V Sreenivasan Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin - 682 031, India
  • R Thangavelu Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin - 682 031, India
  • P Poovannan Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin - 682 031, India

Abstract

This paper deals with the biology of the green mussel, Pema viridis (Linnaeus), cultured by pole andbag methods in the Maiiculture Farm of CM. F.R. I., located in the Muttukadu lagoon, near Madras. Inthe culture system, the mussel showed a growth of 79.8 mm in 11 months. The growth was better inthe cultured population than that of the natural bed mussels. The growth was not uniform, but variedwith active and slow phases in different months.Spent and spent resorbti ve gonads were predominant among both males and females. Ripe and spawningmussels were foimd in px>d numbers from January to April. Sexes were evenly distributed in the culturedmussels. A significant leature was that, inspite of the occurrence of ripe and spawning mussels, therewas scanty settlement of spat, suggesting unfavourable conditions in the area for the establishment ofmussel populations

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Author Biographies

  • P V Sreenivasan, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin - 682 031, India
    Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin - 682 031, India
  • R Thangavelu, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin - 682 031, India
    Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin - 682 031, India
  • P Poovannan, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin - 682 031, India
    Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin - 682 031, India

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Vol. 36 No. 2 (1989)

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Sreenivasan, P. V., Thangavelu, R., & Poovannan, P. (2011). BIOLOGY OF THE GREEN MUSSEL, PERNA VIRIDIS (LINNAEUS) CULTURED IN MUTTUKADU LAGOON, MADRAS. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 36(2), 149-155. https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJF/article/view/10627