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Population biology of Callinectes danae and Callinectes sapidus (Crustacea: Brachyura: Portunidae) in the south-western Atlantic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2009

Mário José Pereira ,
Joaquim Olinto Branco ,
Martin Lindsey Christoffersen ,
Felipe Freitas Junior ,
Hélio Augusto Alves Fracasso  and
Tuane Cristine Pinheiro
Mário José Pereira
Affiliation:
Centro de Ciências Tecnológicas da Terra e do Mar (CTTMar), Universidade Vale do Itajaí (UNIVALI), CP 360, CEP 88302-202, Itajaí, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Joaquim Olinto Branco
Affiliation:
Centro de Ciências Tecnológicas da Terra e do Mar (CTTMar), Universidade Vale do Itajaí (UNIVALI), CP 360, CEP 88302-202, Itajaí, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Martin Lindsey Christoffersen*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), CEP 58059-900, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
Felipe Freitas Junior
Affiliation:
Centro de Ciências Tecnológicas da Terra e do Mar (CTTMar), Universidade Vale do Itajaí (UNIVALI), CP 360, CEP 88302-202, Itajaí, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Hélio Augusto Alves Fracasso
Affiliation:
Departamento de Hidrobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), CEP 13565-905, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
Tuane Cristine Pinheiro
Affiliation:
Centro de Ciências Tecnológicas da Terra e do Mar (CTTMar), Universidade Vale do Itajaí (UNIVALI), CP 360, CEP 88302-202, Itajaí, Santa Catarina, Brazil
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: M.L. Christoffersen, Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), 58059-900 João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil email: mlchrist@dse.ufpb.br; branco@univali.br; h_fracasso@yahoo.com.br
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Abstract

The capture of crabs of the genus Callinectes is one of the oldest extractive activities practised by waterside communities, due to the abundance of brachyurans along the Brazilian coast. The present paper aimed to provide basic information on the population biology of C. sapidus and C. danae during the period of December 2003 to November 2004, in Babitonga Bay, Joinville, Santa Catarina. The size of the first maturation of C. danae was estimated as 7.1 cm in total carapace width for females, and as 8.6 cm for males. Fecundity of the 20 females of C. danae with carapace width from 7.0 to 11.0 cm varied from 618,667 to 811,267 eggs. Fecundity of C. sapidus was higher, with a median of 978,000 eggs per female, but carapace widths in this species were also larger, with the highest frequency of females attaining 19.01 cm on average. In both species, a tendency was observed for the egg mass to increase with size of females. The capture per unit of effort presented the lowest values in summer, while the largest values occurred from March, August and November. A total of 80 males and 117 females of C. sapidus were captured in the four collecting areas, with the largest abundances in Area III (45.18%), followed by Areas II, IV and I. The size of the first maturation of C. sapidus was estimated as 10.2 cm for females and as 9.0 cm for males. Fishing effort was in relative equilibrium for adult stock (males = 58.75% and females = 52.99%) and juveniles (males = 41.25% and females = 47.01%). The largest monthly rates of biomass of C. sapidus occurred from April to November, with a peak of capture in August, without significant differences in the participation of males and females.

Keywords

fisheries biologyabundancefecunditymaturation sizebiomassBrazil
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 89 , Issue 7 , November 2009 , pp. 1341 - 1351
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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