Growth rates of planktonic and newly settled American lobsters Homarus americanus

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 160, Issue , 1997, Pages 233-240

  James Pirri, Mary Jane ^a,b   Cobb, J Stanley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b Rhode Isl Pub Hlth Partnership I   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth rates; Homarus americanus; RNA:DNA ratios; Settlement

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; LARVAL GROWTH; LOBSTER; POSTLARVAE;

DECAPODA; HOMARUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 0031573839     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps160233     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Barshaw DE (1989) Growth and survival of early juvenile American lobsters, Homarus americanus, on a diet of plankton. Fish Bull US 87:366-370
2. Barshaw DE, Bryant-Rich DR (1988) A long-term study on the behavior and survival of early juvenile American lobster, Homarus americanus, in three naturalistic substrates: eel-grass, mud, and rocks. Fish Bull US 86:789-796
3. Buckley LJ (1979) Relationships between RNA-DNA ratio, prey density, and growth rate in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) larvae. J Fish Res Bd Can 36:1497-1502
4. Bulow FJ (1987) RNA-DNA ratios as indicators of growth in fish: a review. In: Summerfelt RC, Hall GE (eds) The age and growth of fish. Iowa State University Press, Ames, p 45-65
5. Capuzzo JM, Lancaster BA (1979) Some physiological and biochemical considerations of larval developmental in the American lobster, Homarus americanus Milne Edwards. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 40:53-62
6. Charmantier G, Charmantier-Daures M, Aiken DE (1991) Metamorphosis in the lobster Homarus (Decapoda): a review. J Crustac Biol 11:481-495
7. Clancy M (1995) Recruitment of the rock crab, Cancer irroratus: the influence of larval supply, settlement and post-settlement processes to benthic distribution patterns. PhD dissertation, University of Rhode Island, Kingston
8. Cobb JS, Wahle RA (1994) Early life history and recruitment processes of clawed lobsters. Crustaceana 67:1-25
9. Ennis GP (1995) Larval and postlarval ecology. In: Factor JR (ed) The biology of the lobster, Homarus americanus. Academic Press, New York, p 23-46
10. Herrnkind WF, Jernakoff P, Butler MJ (1994) Puerulus and post-puerulus ecology. In: Phillips BF, Cobb JS, Kittaka J (eds) Spiny lobster management. Blackwell Scientific, Cambridge, MA, p 213-229
11. Hudon C (1987) Ecology and growth of postlarval and juvenile lobster, Homarus americanus, off Iles de la Madeleine (Quebec). Can J Fish Aquat Sci 44:1855-1869
12. James-Pirri MJ (1996) Growth and behavior during the settlement period of the American lobster, Homarus americanus. PhD dissertation, University of Rhode Island, Kingston
13. Juinio MAR (1991) Feeding ecology of the postlarval lobster Homarus americanus. PhD dissertation, University of Rhode Island, Kingston
14. Juinio MAR, Cobb JS (1994) Estimation of recent growth of field-caught postlarval American lobsters, Homarus americanus, from RNA:DNA ratios. Can J Fish Aquat Sci 51: 286-294
15. Juinio MAR, Cobb JS, Bengtson D, Johnson M (1992) Changes in nucleic acids over the molt cycle in relation to food availability and temperature in Homarus americanus postlarvae. Mar Biol 114:1-10
16. Langton RA, Steneck RS, Gotceitas V, Juanes F, Lawton P (1996) The interface between fisheries research and habitat management. N Am J Fish Manage 16:1-7
17. Lavalli KL (1991) Survival and growth of early juvenile American lobsters Homarus americanus through their first season while fed diets of mesoplankton, microplankton and frozen brine shrimp. Fish Bull US 89:61-68
18. Lawton P, Lavalli KL (1995) Postlarval, juvenile, adolescent, and adult ecology. In: Factor JR (ed) The biology of the lobster, Homarus americanus. Academic Press, New York, p 47-88
19. Lemmens JWTJ (1994) Biochemical evidence for absence of feeding in the puerulus larvae of the Western rock lobster Panulirus cygnus (Decapoda: Palinuridae). Mar Biol 118: 383-391
20. Lemmens JWTJ (1995) Nucleic acid levels, cellular activity and growth during the puerulus stage of the Western rock lobster (Panulirus cygnus (George); Decapoda: Palinuridae). J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 194:143-156
21. Malloy KD, Yamashita Y, Yamada H, Targett TE (1996) Spatial and temporal patterns of juvenile stone flounder Kareius bicoloratus growth rates during and after settlement. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 131:49-59
22. Phillips BF, Sastry AN (1980) Larval ecology. In: Cobb JS, Phillips BF (eds) Biology and management of lobsters, Vol I. Academic Press, New York, p 11-57
23. Sasaki GC (1984) Biochemical changes associated with embryonic and larval development in the American lobster Homarus americanus Milne Edwards. PhD dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole
24. Sasaki GC, McDowell Capuzzo J, Biesiot P (1986) Nutritional and bioenergetic considerations in the development of the American lobster Homarus americanus. Can J Fish Aquat Sci 43:2311-2319
25. Sokal RR, Rohlf FJ (1995) Biometry. WH Freeman, New York
26. Wahle RA (1992) Substratum constraints on body size and the behavioral scope of shelter use in the American lobster. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 159:59-75
27. Wahle RA, Steneck RS (1991) Recruitment habitats and nursery grounds of the American lobster Homarus americanus: a demographic bottleneck? Mar Ecol Prog Ser 69:231-243
28. Wahle RA, Steneck RS (1992) Habitat restrictions in early benthic life: experiments on habitat selection and in situ predation with the American lobster. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 157:91-114