On the Growth, Mortalift and Recruitment of the Spiny Lobster (panulirus homarus) in Sri Lanka
By: Jayakody, D.S
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Publisher: 1991Description: 03p.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due |
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Research Papers
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Monthly length-frequency data of spiny lobster Panulirus homarus collected from the south coast of Sri Lanka during 1988-1990'were analyzed to estimate von Bertalanffy growth > tbmeters. The a:-:ym ptolie lengths estimated using Wetheral plots were 322 turn and 31.) mo-, total length for the males and fsmaies, respectively. Using 4)' values of 3.53 for males and 3.61 for females, the growth constant (K) war estimated as 0.21-year’ and 0.27-year'1 for the males and females, respectively. The estimates of natural and tolal mortality (M and 2) arc 0.98-year'1,1.96-year'1 for males and 0.92 yea. , 1.54-year for females respectively. Recruitment appears to occur in two pulses per year.
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