Carapace Width -Weight Relationship Of Mud Crab Scylla Serrata (Forskal, 1775) Collected From Pulicat Lake, Tamilnadu, India

Abstract

<div><p><em>Mud crab Scylla serrata form an important fishery in the Pulicat lake, Tamilnadu. In the present study the relationship between carapace width and body weight were estimated as <strong>(Log W= -0.342438+2.914702)</strong>. The estimated <strong>‘a’</strong> and <strong>‘b’</strong> value for carapace width and body weight were <strong>-0.342438</strong> and <strong>2.914702</strong>, respectively. The result showed an isometric growth pattern and significant differences were found between carapace width and body weight in the mud crab collected from Pulicat lake, Tamil Nadu, India. </em></p></div>