Growth and Mortality of Green Mussel Perna viridis Farmed at Ambong Bay and Marudu Bay, Sabah, Malaysia

Abstract Asian green mussel is commercially farmed in tidal waters in several enclosed bays in Sabah, Malaysia. In this study, two areas on the west coast of Sabah – Ambong Bay and Marudu Bay – were selected for the monitoring of the growth and mortality rates of green mussels farmed in suspension raft. Both growth and survival rates were then correlated with physicochemical parameters (dissolved oxygen, pH, salinity, temperature, water transparency, chlorophyll- a ), nutrients (phosphate (PO 4 3- ), ammonia (NH 3 -N), nitrate (NO 3 -N) and nitrite (NO 2 -N) and condition index of mussel from... Mehr ...