Effect of Salinity on Food Utilisation of the Olive Ridley, Lepidochelys olivacea

Rajagopalan, M and Vivekanandan, E (1996) Effect of Salinity on Food Utilisation of the Olive Ridley, Lepidochelys olivacea. In: The Fourth Indian Fisheries Forum, Proceedings, 24-28 November, 1996, Kochi.

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    Abstract

    To determine the effect of salinity on survival and food utilization of the olive ridley L e p i ~ l ~ ~ c holehl~~u.c~uu ,t he hatchlings of the sea turtle were exposed to salinity ranging from 0 to 100% seawater. Mortality of the hatchlings was maximum in the groups exposed to freshwater. The hatchlings have the capacity to tolerate dilution of salinity upto 25% SW. The feeding rates of hatchlings exposed to 0 and 25% SW were higher (1 228.2 and 11 90.3 J/g/day) than those (803.6 - 879.6 J/g/day) of the 50.75 and 100% SW groups. The conversion rate was the highest in the group exposed to 25% SW (238.7 J/g/day) and the lowest (109.3 J/g/day) in the group exposed to O'h SW.

    Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
    Uncontrolled Keywords: Salinity; Food Utilisation; Olive Ridley; Lepidochelys olivacea
    Subjects: Marine Turtle
    Divisions: CMFRI-Kochi > Fishery Environment Management Division
    Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Fishery Environment Management Division
    CMFRI-Kochi > Fishery Environment Management Division
    Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Fishery Environment Management Division
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    Date Deposited: 30 Oct 2010 10:55
    Last Modified: 09 Sep 2015 15:28
    URI: http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/4579

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