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http://dx.doi.org/10.13000/JFMSE.2012.24.1.009

Dynamics of Adult and Larval Dungeness Crabs: Larval Abundance as an Indicator of Adult Abundance in Regional Populations  

Park, Won-Gyu (Pukyong National University)
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Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education / v.24, no.1, 2012 , pp. 9-17 More about this Journal
Abstract
The relationship between adult abundance and zoea I (ZI) density of Dungeness crabs was investigated in southeastern Alaska. Commercial harvest data (catch per pot) for male crabs larger than 165 mm in carapace width were collected from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) management area, district 114 and a subdivision of district 114, 114C from 1996 to 2003. Commercial harvests of Dungeness crabs in the management area varied interannually. Commercial harvests decreased until 2000 but increased beginning in 2001. ZI density was obtained from zooplankton samples collected monthly from sampling stations within the same management district from 1997 to 2004. ZI occurred mostly in May and June, but as late as July in 1997 and 2002. ZI densities increased beginning in 1999. Total densities of ZI were significantly correlated with the commercial harvest data of adult male crabs within the management area, 114C (tens of square kilometers), containing the plankton sampling stations, but were not related to total commercial harvests within the larger geographic management area 114 (hundreds of square kilometers). We suggest that larval density may be an indicator of abundance of adult populations of Dungeness crabs.
Keywords
Larval abundance; Biological indicator; Adult abundance; Dungeness crabs; Adult-larval relationships;
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