FOULING AND BORING ORGANISMS AND MORTALITY OF PEARL OYSTERS IN THE FARM AT VEPPALODAI, GULF OF MANNAR


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Authors

  • K Alagarswami Tuticorin Research Centre of C.M.F.R. Institute, Tuticorin
  • A Chellam Tuticorin Research Centre of C.M.F.R. Institute, Tuticorin

Abstract

Experiments on pearl culture were taken up at Veppalodai, near Tuticorin,
in 1972, which resulted in the successful development of spherical cultured
pearls for the first time in India (Alagarswami 1974fl). In the course of the
experunents, it was noticed that fouling was a serious-problem in the farm
(Alagarswami and Qasim 1973). Similarly, Kuriyan (1950) had observed a
dense settlement of organisms on the pearl-oyster cages at Krusadai island, in
the Gulf of Mannar.

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Author Biographies

  • K Alagarswami, Tuticorin Research Centre of C.M.F.R. Institute, Tuticorin
    Tuticorin Research Centre of C.M.F.R. Institute, Tuticorin
  • A Chellam, Tuticorin Research Centre of C.M.F.R. Institute, Tuticorin
    Tuticorin Research Centre of C.M.F.R. Institute, Tuticorin

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Vol. 23 No. 1 & 2 (1976)

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Alagarswami, K., & Chellam, A. (2011). FOULING AND BORING ORGANISMS AND MORTALITY OF PEARL OYSTERS IN THE FARM AT VEPPALODAI, GULF OF MANNAR. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 23(1 & 2), 10-22. https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJF/article/view/12171