Note on mass mortality of Bloch’s gizzard shad at Dhanushkodi lagoon, Tamil Nadu

Remya, L and Rajkumar, M and Ramesh Kumar, P and Jayakumar, R and Thirumalaiselvan, S and Vinothkumar, R and Saravanan, Raju and Shanmuganathan, K and Batcha, S M Sikkander and Murugaboopathy, S and Gandhi, A and Rajendran, U and Ebinezer, A (2021) Note on mass mortality of Bloch’s gizzard shad at Dhanushkodi lagoon, Tamil Nadu. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series, 247. p. 32. ISSN ISSN 0254-380X

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Abstract

Mass mortality of Bloch’s gizzard shad, Nematalosa nasus (Bloch, 1795) was observed around 5 km shore area of the lagoon from Ottathalai to Thavukadu near near the Kothandaramar Temple, Dhanushkodi, Ramanathapuram District, Tamil Nadu on 19th October 2019. An estimated 3 tonnes of Nematalosa nasus were washed ashore and water samples collected from the site were analysed indicated Dissolved oxygen (2.17ppm), pH (7.83ppm), salinity (40ppt), temperature (30.6oC), ammonia, nitrite and nitrate (0.1, 0.2 and 0.43 ppm respectively).

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: gizzard shad; Dhanushkodi; Tamil Nadu
Subjects: Marine Fisheries > Fish landing
Marine Fisheries
Divisions: CMFRI-Mandapam
Depositing User: Mr. Prashanth P K
Date Deposited: 16 Apr 2021 05:05
Last Modified: 17 Jun 2021 10:32
URI: http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/15098

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