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UOK 11: Influence of some environmental factors on the abundance of three commercially important bivalve species (Family: Veneridae) in the Puttalam Lagoon and Dutch Bay, Sri Lanka

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UOK 11: Influence of some environmental factors on the abundance of three com...
Abstract

Water temperature, salinity, seagrass coverage, organic matter content in the soil and soil texture play an important role in the distribution of bivalves. The present study was carried out to determine whether these parameters significantly affect the abundance of three commercially important bivalve species viz Gaffrarium tumidum, Marcia hiantina and Marcia opima in the Puttalam lagoon and Dutch bay. The abundance of these bivalves in the Puttalam lagoon and .Dutch Bay was found to be si...

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Marcia hiantina andand Marcia opima , bivalve species viz Gaffrarium tumidum
Category
Coastal and Marine Sensitive Habitats
flora and/or fauna in natural environment. Examples: wildlife, vegetation, biological sciences, ecology, wilderness, sealife, wetlands, habitat
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M 2
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English
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Kithsiri, H.M.P., M.J.S. Wijeyaratne and U.S. Amarasinghe (2000). Influence of some environmental factors on the abundance of three commercially important bi...

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