Abundancia y tallas de Menippe mercenaria (Crustacea: Brachyura), en refugios artificiales en Quintana Roo, México
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| Format: | artículo original |
| Statut: | Versión publicada |
| Date de publication: | 2001 |
| Description: | 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 |
| Pays: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Institution: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Langue: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:archivo.portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/18035 |
| Accès en ligne: | https://archivo.revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/18035 |
| Mots-clés: | caribbean stone crab artificial shelter bay occupancy |