i

ECOLOGY OF CLAMBEDS IN MULKI ESTUARY OF

DAKSHINA KANNADA








N. SIVASANKAR., M. F. Sc.







DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
COLLEGE OF FISHERIES, MANGALORE
KARNATAKA VETERINARY, ANIMAL AND FISHERIES
SCIENCES UNIVERSITY, BIDAR
MARCH, 2010
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ECOLOGY OF CLAMBEDS IN MULKI ESTUARY OF
DAKSHINA KANNADA






Thesis submitted to the Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences
University, Bidar in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the
degree of

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

in

FISHERIES ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
by


N. SIVASANKAR, M.F. Sc.,


DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
COLLEGE OF FISHERIES, MANGALORE
KARNATAKA VETERINARY, ANIMAL AND FISHERIES
SCIENCES UNIVERSITY, BIDAR
MARCH, 2010