Biofouling, boring and predation of pearl oyster

Dharmaraj, S and Chellam, A and Velayudhan, T S (1987) Biofouling, boring and predation of pearl oyster. CMFRI Bulletin - Pearl culture, 39. pp. 92-97.

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Abstract

During the course of the experiments in pearl culture since 1972 in the Gulf of Mannar, several problems were encoimtered in the farm due to biofouling, boring and predation of oyster stocks. An account of fouling and boring organisms in the farm at Veppalodai was given by Alagarswami and Chellam (1976). Nishii (1961) and Nishii et al. (1961) indicated some relationship between the frequency of cleaning and growth of pearls in the Japanese waters. Wada (1973) reported that animals and seaweeds setting on the oysters and baskets inhibited the growth not only of the oysters but also of the pearls. The occurrence of polychaete and sponge borers on the pearl oyster Pinctada fucata and their control measures were given by Velayudhan (1983).

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Biofouling; boring; predation; pearl oyster
Subjects:	Molluscan Fisheries > Pearl oyster
Divisions:	CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Molluscan Fisheries Division Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Molluscan Fisheries Division CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Molluscan Fisheries Division Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Molluscan Fisheries Division
Depositing User:	Dr. V Mohan
Date Deposited:	24 Aug 2010 11:00
Last Modified:	09 Sep 2015 15:18
URI:	http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/2672

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