61 specimens of pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata) were collected from Bandar-e-Nakhyloo in Hormozgan province and were subjected to biometrical measurements. The measurements carried out included dorsaventral and anteria-posteria measurements along with hinge length, Thickness, Muscle weight, oyster weight without shell, total body mass excluding gill, and total body mass. The maximum correlation coefficient (r=0.69) was obserued between total oyster weight and its weight without shell. In contrast, the least correlation coefficient (r=0.04) was found between thickness and muscle weight. It was revealed that the correlation between total oyster weight and hinge length follows a curvilinear pattern (r=0.34). Additionally correlation between dorsaventral measurement and total oyster weight showed a similar pattern (r=0.52). An estimate of available oyster muscle for conserving is given in the paper. Also, frequency, body weight without shell, muscle weight, dorsaventral measurements, .....
Motaleb, G. (1994). Preliminary survey of Length correlation in pinctada Fucata pearl oyster and evaluation of its muscle. Iranian Scientific Fisheries Journal, 3(3), 73-84. doi: 10.22092/isfj.1994.113915
MLA
Gh. Motaleb. "Preliminary survey of Length correlation in pinctada Fucata pearl oyster and evaluation of its muscle". Iranian Scientific Fisheries Journal, 3, 3, 1994, 73-84. doi: 10.22092/isfj.1994.113915
HARVARD
Motaleb, G. (1994). 'Preliminary survey of Length correlation in pinctada Fucata pearl oyster and evaluation of its muscle', Iranian Scientific Fisheries Journal, 3(3), pp. 73-84. doi: 10.22092/isfj.1994.113915
VANCOUVER
Motaleb, G. Preliminary survey of Length correlation in pinctada Fucata pearl oyster and evaluation of its muscle. Iranian Scientific Fisheries Journal, 1994; 3(3): 73-84. doi: 10.22092/isfj.1994.113915
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