Progress on assessment of recruitment of postlarval spiny lobsters, Panulirus argus, to Antigua, West Indies
Bannerot SP, Ryther JH, Griffith S. 1987. Progress on assessment of recruitment of postlarval spiny lobsters, Panulirus argus, to Antigua, West Indies. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute. 40
Thirty-five floating collecting devices, constructed of PVC pipe and air conditioner filter material, were deployed around Antigua, West Indies 20-22 August and sampled weekly for post larval spiny lobsters from 28 August to 5 November 1987. The samples are the beginning of a one year program designed to document periodicity, magnitude, and distribution of the recruitment of the postlarvae to nearshore waters. Total sample size after 11 is 1,941 individuals. The majority settled on the collectors during the new moon and first quarter. Distribution of arriving pueruli is patchy. Several nearshore sites on the windward (east) coast have experienced the highest weekly settlement rates. Classification of sampled individuals into seven stages according to degree of pigmentation for pueruli and appearence following first molt for post-pueruli may allow accurate estimation of night of arrival to the collector. Abstract provided by author.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Bannerot, Scott; Ryther, John; Griffith, Stuart
- Units
- BUIS
- Keywords
- Abundance, Ecology, Habitat, Larvae, Panulirus argus, Postlarvae, Spiny lobster