TY - JOUR
T1 - Population structure and fecundity of two species of grapsid crabs (Brachyura, Grapsidae) that inhabit the oyster reefs of western Taiwan
AU - Chen, Kun Neng
AU - Hsu, Jung Ting
AU - Ueng, Yih Tsong
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful to Ms. Yu-Chen Lin, Mr. Po-Ling Deng, Mr. Yi-Hsin Chan, Mr. Yun-Zhan Hsieh, Mr. Bo-Zhi Pan, Mr. Cheng-Hsun Yang, Mr. Feng-Tse Yang, Mr. Ha-Xiang Yang, and Mr. Jin-Lang Lin for fieldwork and data collection. This study was supported by the Tainan Hydraulics Laboratory, National Cheng Kung University, and the Industrial Development Bureau, Ministry of Economic Affairs, ROC (IDB-100-00194650).
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - This study on carcinological aspects of oyster farming was carried out at the coast of Yunlin County, Taiwan, for a period of 25 months from July 2012 to July 2014. The space formed by the clustering of the oyster shells provides a habitat for at least eight species of crabs. Nanosesarma minutum was the dominant species (73.7% or n = 18 753) with an average of 59.5 ± 30.6 individuals/string/month, while the average monthly rate of ovigerous females was 12.6 ± 13.0%, and the average number of eggs per berried female was 1510.8 ± 1018.7 eggs/individual. Hemigrapsus penicillatus was the second dominant species (23.9% or n = 6074) with an average of 17.4 ± 17.1 individuals/string/month; here, the average monthly rate of ovigerous female crabs was 4.6 ± 9.0, and the average number of eggs of a berried female was 3073.4 ± 2167.5 eggs/individual.
AB - This study on carcinological aspects of oyster farming was carried out at the coast of Yunlin County, Taiwan, for a period of 25 months from July 2012 to July 2014. The space formed by the clustering of the oyster shells provides a habitat for at least eight species of crabs. Nanosesarma minutum was the dominant species (73.7% or n = 18 753) with an average of 59.5 ± 30.6 individuals/string/month, while the average monthly rate of ovigerous females was 12.6 ± 13.0%, and the average number of eggs per berried female was 1510.8 ± 1018.7 eggs/individual. Hemigrapsus penicillatus was the second dominant species (23.9% or n = 6074) with an average of 17.4 ± 17.1 individuals/string/month; here, the average monthly rate of ovigerous female crabs was 4.6 ± 9.0, and the average number of eggs of a berried female was 3073.4 ± 2167.5 eggs/individual.
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U2 - 10.1163/15685403-00003734
DO - 10.1163/15685403-00003734
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85037111537
SN - 0011-216X
VL - 90
SP - 1699
EP - 1714
JO - Crustaceana
JF - Crustaceana
IS - 14
ER -