Physiological and biochemical studies on the spiny lobster Panulirus homarus

Radhakrishnan, E V (1989) Physiological and biochemical studies on the spiny lobster Panulirus homarus. ["eprint_fieldopt_thesis_type_phd" not defined] thesis, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute.

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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.

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