SEASONAL VARIATION IN THE PROTEIN CONTENT OF LAMELLIDENS MARGINALIS FROM JAYAKWADI DAM, (M.S.) NDIA

In the present study, variation in the protein content in soft body tissues of Lamellidens marginalis were collected from Jayakwadi dam, at Paithan near Aurangabad was observed during different seasons. As changes in the environmental conditions, it showed an effect on protein contents in the tissues like, mantle, hepatopancreas, gonad and foot. Protein content maximum found in gonads throughout all the three seasons, whereas mantle shows minimum values of protein. There are great fluctuations in the values of protein during different seasons.