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Bosa,Cláudia Regina; Masunari,Setuko. |
A study of the population of the xanthid crab Pilumnus dasypodus Kingsley, 1879 from rocky shore at the Farol Isle (25º51'S and 48º32'W) was carried out in the following aspects: temporal and spatial distributions of density, annual fluctuation of the sex ratio, size composition of the population and reproductive activities of the species. Monthly, four leveis in relation to emmersion time within intertidal zone were sampled, from May/90 to April/91, but Pilumnus dasypodus was obtained only in the levels 2, 3 and 4. The surface water temperature ranged from 16.0ºC (July/90) to 28.0ºC (February/91). A total of 775 individuais of Pilumnus dasypodus were collected among which, 92 were ovigerous females. The population density ranged from 14.63 ind.m-3... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Pilumnus dasypodus; Population structure; Farol Isle; Paraná State. |
Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-81752000000400016 |
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