Crescimento e dinâmica reprodutiva do camarão-ferrinho Rimapenaeus constrictus (Stimpson, 1874) (Penaeoidea) no litoral norte do estado de São Paulo síntese de cinco anos de estudo /

• Main Author: Lopes, Ana Elisa Bielert
• Other Authors: Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" Instituto de Biociências (Campus de Botucatu).
• Language: English
• Published: Botucatu, 2017
• Subjects: Fisheries biology; Latitudinal variation; Recruitment cohorts; Roughneck shrimp; Stock conservation; Mating; Spawning; Sex ratio; Bimodal reproduction
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/151775

Orientador: Antonio Leão Castilho === Resumo: This is the first study to evaluate in broad spatiotemporal scales the growth parameters and population structure of Rimapenaeus constrictus, a barely damaged species composing the bycatch from shrimp fishing in the Western Atlantic. The abundance and size-class frequency distribution, growth, longevity and sex ratio were evaluated from monthly samples obtained in the northern littoral of São Paulo state from Jan/1998 to Jun/2003. We measured 5,812 individuals in which the sex ratio was skewed toward females; this was more evident in size classes greater than 10 mm in CL (carapace length) (binomial test, p<0.05). We selected 16 growth cohorts of females, and 8 of males, the majority consisting of younger individual cohorts excluded from the fisheries closure period. Growth estimates resulted in a CL∞ of 17.42 mm, a growth coefficient of 0.008 and a longevity of 579 days (1.60 year) for females, as well as a CL∞ of 16.3 mm, a growth coefficient of 0.01 and a longevity of 425 days (1.17 year) for males. Our results provide information of incontestable relevance to our knowledge of fishing management. We therefore strongly recommend that the fisheries closure period be changed to protect this species’ recruitment period and consequently its adult individuals. The reproduction and recruitment were analyzed in order to determine the size at the onset of sexual maturity, the reproductive and recruitment patterns and the copulation period. In our study, 6,456 shrimps were captured a... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) === Mestre