Морские науки: исследования и разработки

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Contribution of Polychaetes in Feeding Capability of Commercially Important Crabs, South East Coast of India

D Varadharajan and D Varadharajan

The food is very important for growth, metabolism, parasitic, migratory movement, maturity, reproduction, breeding and survival of all life stages. A commercially important crab has a great demand in the market because of its high nutritional value and medicinal use. The study of food and feeding habits of crab has a variety of importance in fishery biology. For well grow farming a thorough knowledge about the food and feeding habit is important. The studies of interactions between the links in complex food chains can lead to an understanding of crab gain their food sources. The examination of gut contents of crab provides information about particular crab in the ecosystem.