<span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-language: HI" lang="EN-IN">Growth and age determination of an intertidal cupped oyster <i>Crassostrea madrasensis </i>(Preston) (Bivalvia: Ostreidae) around Moheshkhali Channel, Bay of Bengal</span>

Abstract

The age of C. <i>madrasensis </i>from the Moheshkhali Channel was determined by counting the growth rings in the umbonal region and the growth rate is compared with analyses the length-frequency data using FiSAT software. The

<span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman";="" mso-fareast-font-family:"times="" roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:en-in;="" mso-fareast-language:en-in;mso-bidi-language:hi"="" lang="EN-IN">estimates of von Bertalanffy growth parameters, <span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-font-family:hiddenhorzocr;="" color:black;mso-ansi-language:en-in;mso-fareast-language:en-in;mso-bidi-language:="" hi"="" lang="EN-IN">L_∞ <span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"times="" roman";="" color:black;mso-ansi-language:en-in;mso-fareast-language:en-in;mso-bidi-language:="" hi"="" lang="EN-IN">and K were found 116 mm and 1.9 year^-1 respectively. The annual growth ring formed during monsoon (May-Aug) period.</span></span></span>