Abundancia y tallas de Menippe mercenaria (Crustacea: Brachyura), en refugios artificiales en Quintana Roo, México

 

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Autores: Cervantes-Martínez, Adrián, Ramírez-González, Angélica
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2001
Descripción:In Florida and Cuba the stone crab Menippe mercenaria (Say, 1818) is under strong fishing-pressure; nevertheless in the Mexican Caribbean it is considered as sub-utilized and poorly known resource. Artificial shelters (“condominios cubanos”) were used to study relative abundance, age structure, claw length-carapace amplitude relation, and population in three seasons and four sectors at Bahía Ascension, Quintana Roo, Mexico. The abundance varied according to the sector and sampling season: population was higher in the south and during the north wind (“Nortes”) season (January to March). The carapace amplitude was directly proportional to claw length (r2 = 0.83, 0.97 and 0.89; p < 0.05 in females, males and total, respectively). The results sugest that specimens with 37.5 and 67.5 mm of carapace amplitude are the most limited regarding refuge availability in the Bay
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lenguaje:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/18035
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/18035
Palabra clave:caribbean
stone crab
artificial shelter
bay
occupancy