Mortalities caused by the crustacean isopod, Cirolana fluviatilis, in tropical, cage-cultured Asian seabass, Lates calcarifer: a case study from the southwest coast of India

• Published in: Aquaculture research Vol. 40; no. 14; pp. 1626 - 1633
• Main Authors: Sanil, Nandiath Karayi, Vikas, Pattath Ayyappan, Ratheesh, Thaichira Bahuleyan, George, Kizhakkayil Chandy, Vijayan, Koyadan Kizhakkedath
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2009
• Subjects: cage culture; Cirolana fluviatilis; Dicentrarchus labrax; isopod; Isopoda; Lates calcarifer; Marine; mortality; pest; seabass; southwest coast of India; ISW, India, Kerala, Ernakulam Dist., Cochin, Cochin Backwater

Recurring mortalities inflicted by the cirolanid isopod Cirolana fluviatilis in the juveniles of the Asian seabass, Lates calcarifer, stocked in a cage farm in the Cochin backwaters, from November 2006 to May 2007, were investigated. Hatchery‐reared fingerlings (size 8–12 cm) were cultured in floati...