Document of bibliographic reference 340040

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Bibliographic resource

Type of document

Journal article

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AS

Title

Biological traits of the spot prawn Pandalus platyceros Brandt, 1851 (Decapoda, Caridea) at its southernmost distribution limit

Abstract

The spot prawn fishery, targeting Pandalus platyceros, has failed to prove commercially viable on the Mexican Pacific coast. A survey was carried out off the northwestern coast of Baja California, at depths of 140-180 m. The objective was to describe the biological traits of the species to test the hypothesis that warmer water stimulates higher growth parameters. An average model was estimated that anticipated an inverted exponential growth curve, consequently the growth parameters of the Von Bertalanffy model were obtained as k=0.421, L∞=47.44 mm carapace length (CL) and t0=0. Being a protandric hermaphrodite, the transition size was estimated at 40.8 mm CL. The results challenged the hypothesis that P. platyceros grows faster in temperate environments than in cold environments.

WebOfScience code

https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000647057800004

Bibliographic citation

Ortega-Lizárraga, G.G.; Pérez-González, R.; Rodríguez-Domínguez, G.; Aragón-Noriega, E.A.; Mendivil-Mendoza, J.E.; Franco-Ruíz, J.A. (2021). Biological traits of the spot prawn Pandalus platyceros Brandt, 1851 (Decapoda, Caridea) at its southernmost distribution limit. Crustaceana 94(5): 573-596. https://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685403-bja10110

Topic

Marine

Is peer reviewed

true