Physiological and biochemical studies on the spiny lobster Panulirus homarus

Abstract

The experiments conducted in the present study on P.hoaarus may be categorised into the following major heads : i) brief classification of different moult stages in a moult cycle with an objective to correlate changes in the biochemical constituents during the moult stages; ii) study on the feeding strategy of P. hoaarus by offering different size groups of the mussel, Perna viridis to different size classes of the lobster; iii) effects of isolation, eyestalk ablation and quality of food on the energetics and iv) effects of eyes talk ablation and quantity of food on the energetics of the lobster.