Abstracto

Length-Weight Relationship of Ficus Ficoides (Lamarck,1822) at Vanjiure, Southeast Coast, Tamilnadu, India

K.G.Selvi* and Dr. P. Jeevanandham

Length-weight relationship was studied in the Marine edible gastropod Ficus ficoides was collected from Vanjiure fish landing centre, southeast coast of Tanilnadu, India, from January 2014 to December 2014.The linear equation was fitted separately for male and female. To find out the differences any between then, the data were subjected to analysis of covariance. The linear regression analysis shows significance for both male and females (p<0.001) in different size groups. The b values obtained in the present study indicated in different size group’s shows significant positive correlations and the nature of relationships remain constant from juvenile to mature stage. The p-value of correlation co-efficient(r) in both male and female were found to be 0.40 and 0.0015 respectively and its t-test shows significance at p<0.001 level. The length-weight relationship of Ficus ficoides articulated an allometric growth. The present study provides a baseline data of Ficus ficoides on length-weight relationship in different size group.