Limnochemical Factors Influencing the Seasonal Population…影响季节性人口的影响因素.pdfVIP

Turk J Zool 32 (2008) 245-252 © TÜB‹TAK Limnochemical Factors Influencing the Seasonal Population Density, Secondary Production, and Calcium-to-Tissue Ratio in the Freshwater Limpet Septaria lineata (Archaeogastropoda: Neritidae) 1 2 3 4, Asitava CHATTERJEE , Manjari JAIN , Utpal Singha ROY , Subhra KUMAR MUKHOPADHYAY * 1 Aranya Bhavan, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700098, INDIA 2 Centre For Ecological Sciences, IISC, Bangalore 560012, INDIA 3 Ecotechnology Laboratory, GCELT, LB Block, Sector III, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700098, INDIA 4 Durgapur Government College, Durgapur 713214, West Bengal, INDIA Received: 07.11.2006 Abstract: The distribution, secondary production, and calcium:tissue (Ca:tissue) ratio in relation to limno-chemical factors were studied in a freshwater limpet (Septaria lineata) population from the west bank of the River Hooghly, West Bengal, India, for 2 successive years. Total hardness, chloride, pH, and phosphate were shown to be significant in Pearson’s correlations in influencing -2 -2 the abundance of the limpet population. Annual production for the 2 successive years was 10.3 g m and 9.5 g m , respectively. The annual turnover ratios, the ratios of annual production