Abdomen width and carapace length, a maturity index for female lobsters, Homarus americanus / S.L. Waddy and D.E. Aiken.  : Fs70-8/80-44E-PDF

"Templeman (1944) suggested that relative abdomen width could be used to determine size at which female lobsters mature. Although there is considerable evidence in support of this concept, no one has previously defined the exact relationship between abdominal width and maturity. Abdomen width expressed as a percentage of carapace length (AWI) is used as a female maturity index. Through the correlation of abdomen width index (AWI) and stage of ovary development, we have been able to show that 50% of females with an AWI of 65 are potentially mature (capable of extruding eggs in the current season)"--Abstract.

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Ministère/Organisme Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Biological Station (St. Andrews, N.B.)
Titre Abdomen width and carapace length, a maturity index for female lobsters, Homarus americanus / S.L. Waddy and D.E. Aiken.
Titre de la série CAFSAC research document ; 80/44
Type de publication Série - Voir l'enregistrement principal
Langue [Anglais]
Format Électronique
Document électronique
Note(s) "This paper is not to be cited without prior reference to the authors."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 6-7).
Includes abstract in French.
Information sur la publication St. Andrews, New Brunswick : Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Biological Station, [1980]
Auteur / Contributeur Waddy, S. L., author.
Aiken, D. E., author.
Description 1 online resource (11 pages).
Numéro de catalogue
  • Fs70-8/80-44E-PDF
Descripteurs Fisheries
Crustaceans
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