Temperature-, Salinity-, and Size-Dependent Winter Mortality of Juvenile Blue Crabs (Callinectes sapidus)
โ Scribed by Laurie J. Bauer; Thomas J. Miller
- Book ID
- 107632761
- Publisher
- Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 220 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1860-6261
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Juvenile blue crabs, Gta//in~.e.s sap/du~ RA~mmlm, were grown in the laboratory at different temperaL-uroo, and metabolic-rate determinations were made. Growth is shown to be detmndent upon temperature. Crabs kept st high tem-pera~m~ (34 ~ and 27 ~ grow faster ~,han those kept at lower tempomt-ure~
Juvenile blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus, extensively utilize oligohaline and freshwater regions of the estuary. With a presumptively larger surface-area-to-body weight ratio, juvenile crabs could experience osmo-and ionoregulatory costs well in excess of that of adults. To test this hypothesis, cra