The behavioural response of estuarine clam Katelysia opima under osmotic stress was studied by exposing average sized clams to various lower salinity ranges (control to 10% salinity) for the period of 8 days. Behaviour of clams like shell valve closure, siphon and mantle activity and mortality during 8 days exposure period were taken as a […]
Vol. 1 (1) 2015
Enzymes are highly effective and extremely specific catalysts. These are the biological polymers that catalyse the chemical reactions. The presence and maintenance of a complete and balanced set of enzymes is essential for the breakdown of nutrients to supply energy and chemical building. In this study amylase activity was noted at pre-determined LC50 concentration of […]
Present paper assesses the study of physico-chemical parameters of Vashishti river water in Chiplun, District: Ratanagiri, Maharashtra. Monthly changes in physical and chemical parameters such as temperature (oC), pH, free carbon dioxide, dissolved oxygen, phosphate and nitrates were analyzed for period of one year from 1st December 2008 to 31stNovember 2009. All Parameters were within […]
This study provides the detailed information on the coleopteran assemblage from the of Pandharpur tahsil, district Solapur (M. S.) India. The study reports beetles from the 20 different families of order Coleoptera viz. Carabidae, Haliplidae, Dytiscidae, Gyrinidae, Hydrophilidae, Histeridae, Staphylinidae, Leucanidae, Scarabaeidae, Buprestidae, Elateridae, Lampyridae, Bostrichidae, Nitidulidae, Coccinelide, Meloidae, Tenebrionidae, Cerambycidae, Chrysomelidae and Curculionidae.
The scolex is medium in size, quadrangular in shape, divided into two regions – anterior and posterior. The scolex bears four bothridia, which are medium in size, roughly oval in shape, broad posteriorly and narrow anteriorly. The hooks are bifurcated, each hook bearing two prongs the inner prong is small, short.The handle is short.A single, […]