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Molluscan Wood-Borers of Chilika Lagoon, East Coast of India and Their Control Measures
Lakshman Nayak, Durga Prasad Behera and Simanchala Das
Corresponding Author: Durga Prasad Behera
Submitted: 2011 November, 12
Accepted: 2011 December, 09
Published: 2012 March, 10 |
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The aim of the present study is to know the occurrence and distribution of molluscan wood-borers
from Chilika lagoon in relation to some physico-chemical parameters .The samples were collected from three
stations during May 2010 to April 2011. Six wood-borers belonging to Family Pholadidae and Teredinidae
namely Martesia striata and five borers, namely, Bankia brevis (Deshayes), Bankia campanellata (Moll and
Roch), Bankia sps., Lyrodus pedicellatus (Quatrefages) and Teredo furcifera were observed. The physicochemical
parameters like air temperature , surface water temperature , pH, salinity, and dissolved oxygen were
studied from these stations. The air temperature varied 28.5 to 35.4ºC. The surface water temperature was
lowest being 27.5ºC in post-monsoon at station-3 and the highest surface water temperature was 32.8ºC
during pre-monsoon at station -1. The highest and lowest pH was observed to be 8.9 during monsoon in station-
1 and 7.5 during post-monsoon in station -1. Similarly the highest and lowest value of salinity was observed
to be 19.5% at station - 3 during pre-monsoon and 14.26% at station-2 during monsoon. Likewise the highest
and lowest dissolved oxygen were observed to be 11.5 mL/L during pre-monsoon at station -1 and monsoon
at station-2.
Key words: Chilika lagoon, east coast, measures, molluscan, wood-borers, ,
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Lakshman Nayak, Durga Prasad Behera and Simanchala Das, . Molluscan Wood-Borers of Chilika Lagoon, East Coast of India and Their Control Measures. Current Research Journal of Biological Sciences, (2): 186-191.
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