Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/34592
Title: Population dynamic of fiddler crab, Uca sindensis (Decapoda:Ocypodidae) in Pohl port mangrove forest, Persian Gulf, Iran
Authors: Lavajoo, F.
Hesni, Askari M.
Kamrani, E.
Sajadi, M.M.
Keywords: Uca sindensis;Population dynamics;Recruitment pattern;Growth curvature;Mortality
Issue Date: Dec-2014
Publisher: NISCAIR-CSIR, India
Abstract: The population dynamics of Uca sindensis were investigated for the first time in Pohl port mangrove in north of Persian Gulf using Length- Frequency analysis. Nine 0.5 m2 quadrates were randomly sampled during low tide periods every month, from October 2009 to September 2010. The quadrates ran in three substrate, sand, silt and muddy flat, in order to sample of total substrate. A total of 710 crabs, 343 (47.7%) males and 367 (52.3%) females, were sampled. Sex ratio, von Bertalanffy growth parameters, recruitment pattern, growth performance and natural mortality coefficient were calculated and also Length-based stock assessment using FISAT software package. There was not different significant in sex ratio (1:1.069).The CW, Asymptotic Length(L∞) and Growth curvature (K) and φ were 3 to 14.5 mm, 17.3 mm, 0.33 year-1and1.98 in males and 4 to 12 mm, 16.28 mm0.36 year-1 and 1.94 in female, respectively. The natural mortality coefficient and was estimated to be 0.95 for males and 1.05 for females. The growth of U. sindensis follows the seasonality oscillating VBGF typical of soil temperate. Recruitment pattern shows seasonal recruitment pattern in total population. In conclusion, descriptive of life U. sindensis has a k-selection strategy that in die young, reproduce early, live last and high mortality.
Page(s): 2217-2222
ISSN: 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
Appears in Collections:IJMS Vol.43(12) [December 2014]

Files in This Item:
File Description SizeFormat 
IJMS 43(12) 2217-2222.pdf434.94 kBAdobe PDFView/Open


Items in NOPR are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.