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Observations on the increase in size at moulting in the lobster (Homarus vulgaris M.-Edw.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

H. J. Thomas
H. J. Thomas
Affiliation:
Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen
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A knowledge of growth rates is a pre-requisite in estimating the effect of fishing upon the available stocks. In Crustacea, where there is no known means of establishing accurately the age of the individual, the importance of measuring the growth rate is increased whilst its determination is made more difficult. In Homarus vulgaris some experiments were undertaken by Dannevig (1936), and Wilder (1953) gives considerable data for the American lobster. Results suggest that the growth increment is not uniform in all latitudes. Experiments to augment the limited data available for H. vulgaris and to establish the increase in size at moulting in local lobster stocks were therefore undertaken by the Marine Laboratory of the Scottish Home Department at Aberdeen. A statement of some preliminary results was given in Report on the Fisheries of Scotland (Lucas, 1957, p. 58).

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 37 , Issue 3 , October 1958 , pp. 603 - 606
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1958

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