Length and Weight Relationship and Growth Performance of Meretrix casta under Experimental Culture Condition in Three Different Estuarine Environment

Srilatha, G.; Manikandarajan, T.; Ramamoorthy, K.; Sundaravarman, K.; Sankar, G.; Anbarasu, R.

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Length and Weight Relationship and Growth Performance of Meretrix casta under Experimental Culture Condition in Three Different Estuarine Environment

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The Meretrix casta is an edible clam for human beings and it is widely distributed around the aquatic ecosystem. The clam has relatively thick shells that can attain a length of three inches. The knowledge of the biology, culture and biochemical composition of any edible organism is extremely important. Though the size, shape and colour of clam are different their nutritive value is very good. A maximum average length of 27.15mm was observed in the M.casta studied during 2011 and a maximum average length of 26.51mm was observed during 2012. The average lengths of M.casta in all the three different estuaries studied were as follows: 27.15 > 25.82 > 25.04 mm in 2011 and 26.51 > 25.88 > 25.17mm in 2012. A maximum average weight of 7.824 and 7.155g was observed during 2011 and in 2012; a maximum weight of 7.528g and minimum of 6.941g was recorded uniformly in all the three different estuaries. However, in 2011and 2012 a maximum and minimum of average length of 26.86, 25.10 mm, and average weight of 7.67 and 7.05g respectively were noticed in both Vellar and Uppanar estuaries of M.casta. the present investigation, it is clearly observed that M.casta can grow a weight of 0.13g/day and length of 0.122mm/day among the three different estuaries studied in the Cuddalore district which is located in Bay of Bengal.

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International Letters of Natural Sciences (Volume 47)

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16-23

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https://doi.org/10.18052/www.scipress.com/ILNS.47.16

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G. Srilatha et al., "Length and Weight Relationship and Growth Performance of Meretrix casta under Experimental Culture Condition in Three Different Estuarine Environment", International Letters of Natural Sciences, Vol. 47, pp. 16-23, 2015

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September 2015

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G. Srilatha, T. Manikandarajan, K. Ramamoorthy, K. Sundaravarman, G. Sankar, R. Anbarasu

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Growth Performance, Length, Meretrix casta, Weight

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