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dc.contributor.authorAchuthankutty, C.T.
dc.date.accessioned1995-06-14T10:01:29Z
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-30T01:27:30Z
dc.date.available1995-06-14T10:01:29Z
dc.date.available2017-09-30T01:27:30Z
dc.date.issued1987
dc.identifier.citationMahasagar, vol.20; 1987; 217-224
dc.identifier.issn0542-0938
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/6945
dc.description.abstractLarval stages of the penaeid shrimps, Metapenaeus dobsoni (Miers), M. affinis (Milne - Edwards) and Penaeus merguiensis De Man were mostly distributed at the lower reaches of Mandovi and Zuari estuaries. While larvae of M. dobsoni and M. affinis were encountered largely during the postmonsoon season, those of P. merguiensis were abundant during the premonsoon season. Zuari estuary sustained high density of larval stages of all the three species as compared to Mandovi estuary and those of M. dobsoni occurred in significantly high numbers in both the estuaries. larval distribution indicated a continuous breeding activity for both species of Metapenaeus with a common peak during Dec - Jan. In the case of P. merguiensis breeding was found to be discontinuous with a principal peak during February. Larval stages of all the species were either poorly distributed or absent during the monsoon season. Temperature did not seem to have any important role in their distribution as the annual or seasonal variations were marginal. Salinity, though, was subjected to pronounced seasonal fluctuations, did not appear to play a singular role in their distribution. Larval distribution in the estuaries was found to be a reliable tool for studying the breeding behaviour of adults in the sea
dc.languageen
dc.publisherIndian Association for Limnology and Oceanography
dc.relation.ispartofMahasagar
dc.relation.isreferencedbyNON-SCI
dc.subjectFisheries
dc.subject.othercomparative studies
dc.subject.otherbreeding
dc.subject.othersalinity effects
dc.subject.othertemperature effects
dc.subject.otherseasonal distribution
dc.subject.otherdistribution
dc.subject.otherestuaries
dc.subject.otherlarvae
dc.subject.othercommercial species
dc.subject.othermarine crustaceans
dc.subject.otherPenaeus merguiensis
dc.subject.otherMetapenaeus
dc.subject.otherISW, India, Goa, Mandovi-Zuari Estuary
dc.titleCommercially important penaeid shrimp larvae in the estuaries of Goa
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.affiliation.authorCSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, India


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