Effect of salinity on the survival and growth of the blue crab, Callinectes amnicola (De Rocheburne) from the Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorLawal-Are, A. O.
dc.contributor.authorKusemiju, K.
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-27T07:29:55Z
dc.date.available2019-09-27T07:29:55Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractThe effect of salinity on the survival and growth of Callinectes amnicola (De Rocheburne) from the Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria was monitored in the laboratory for 22 weeks. The crabs were euryhaline and tolerated a salinity range of 5 to 25‰ and had 90% survival at 15 and 20‰ . The highest gain in weight (173.0%) and carapace width (56.1%) was obtained at salinity of 15‰ . The highest specific growth rate (1.98) was obtained at 15‰ , while the lowest specific growth rate (-0.28) was recorded at 35‰ . The condition factor of the crabs showed a fairly consistent pattern at the different salinity levels with values ranging from 5.7 to 7.3. Complete moulting was obtained at salinity of 15‰ in the 12th week of the experiment. The crab with carapace width of 6.8cm increased to 8.1cm (19.1%) after moulting.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAuthors Aderonke Omolara Lawal-Are, Kola Kusemiju Publication date 2010/7/1 Journal J Environ Biol Volume 31 Pages 461-464. cited by 7en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/6173
dc.subjectsalinity toleranceen_US
dc.subjectsurvivalen_US
dc.subjectgrowthen_US
dc.subjectCallinectes amnicolaen_US
dc.subjectLagos Lagoonen_US
dc.titleEffect of salinity on the survival and growth of the blue crab, Callinectes amnicola (De Rocheburne) from the Lagos Lagoon, Nigeriaen_US
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
lawal-Are , kusemiju (2010) effect of salinity, Journal of Environmental biology.pdf
Size:
230.11 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download
Collections
Marine Sciences-Scholarly Publications