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Natural durability of fifty species of Indian timber in Goa waters against marine wood-borers
1989 - IRG/WP 4150
Results of the investigations on the natural durabilitv of fifty species of Indian timber, based on data collected bv exposing test panels at Betim near Panaji (Goa) continuously for a period of 11 months are presented. The study revealed that none of the timber species tested has any natural resistance at this locality and all the panels were completely destroyed within 11 months. Details on the ...
L N Santhakumaran, S Udaya Bhaskar, J C Jain


Studies on the effect of salinity on the growth and mortality of Teredinids in Papua New Guinea
1977 - IRG/WP 432
Population fluctuations seen in the teredinid species settling in estuarine waters at Marshall Lagoon over a 3 year period were correlated with the salinity fluctuations to which they had been subjected. From these calculations the salinity range in which the most common species settled was determined. Studies in the aquarium were designed to test the salinity range of these teredinids under contr...
S M Rayner