THE EFFECT OF SALINITY ON SOME ENDOCOMMENSALIC CLIMATES FROM SHIP WORMS
THE EFFECT OF SALINITY ON SOME ENDOCOMMENSALIC CLIMATES FROM SHIP WORMS
Date
1985
Authors
SANTHAKUMARI, V
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Publisher
Society of Fisheries Technologists (India) Cochin
Abstract
The ciliates, Nucleocorbula adherens, Boveria teredinidi, Trichodina balakrishnia,
Thingmozoon fencheli and Nyctothereus marina, live inside the mantle cavity of the shipworms
in the estuaries and backwaters of the south-west coast of India. Seasonal
incidence and relative abundance of these ciliates showed that they were more abundant
during the low saline than the high saline periods. Eventhough these ciliates can
endure higher salinities through gradual acclimatization of their habitat it was found
that they prefer low salinity for active growth and healthy existence.
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Keywords
EFFECT,SALINITY,ENDOCOMMENSALIC CLIMATES,SHIP WORMS
Citation
Fishery Tech 22(1):66-69