Salinity Tolerance of Wild Penaeus monodon and Penaeus indicus Juveniles: Perspectives of Their Sustained Availability in Sundarban

Sundarban estuaries are natural nurseries of Penaeus monodon and P. indicus shrimps that fetch high economic values. We studied salinity (0 to 40) tolerance (96 h exposure without acclimation) of their juveniles (PL-5, wild varieties) under ambient temperature. P. monodon and P. indicus juveniles sh...

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Published inProceedings of the Zoological Society Vol. 73; no. 4; pp. 446 - 450
Main Authors Karan, Samya, Ghosh, Soumik, Paul, Sourav
Format Journal Article Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published New Delhi Springer India 01.12.2020
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Acclimation
Animal Anatomy
Animal Genetics and Genomics
Biodiversity
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Conservation Biology/Ecology
Crustaceans
Estuaries
Fenneropenaeus indicus
Histology
Juveniles
Life Sciences
Minors
Morphology
Penaeus monodon
Ponds
Salinity
Salinity effects
Salinity tolerance
Seeds
Short Communication
Zoology
Shrimps
Survival experiment
Estuary
India
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Summary:Sundarban estuaries are natural nurseries of Penaeus monodon and P. indicus shrimps that fetch high economic values. We studied salinity (0 to 40) tolerance (96 h exposure without acclimation) of their juveniles (PL-5, wild varieties) under ambient temperature. P. monodon and P. indicus juveniles showed limited ability of tolerating freshwater and high salinity. Overall juveniles survived better in salinity 5 to 20, however, P. monodon juveniles showed a better salinity tolerance than P. indicus juveniles. Increasing salinity of Sundarban estuaries may negatively affect sustained availability of P. monodon and P. indicus seeds in the wild.
ISSN:0373-5893
0974-6919
DOI:10.1007/s12595-020-00326-6