Biology of the crab Leurocyclus tuberculosus (H. Milne Edwards & Lucas, 1843) bycatch from pink shrimp trawl fishery in the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Trawling is known as one of less selective fishing gears and presents high index of accidental captures. The objective of this paper is to characterize the population structure, fecundity and relative growth of Leurocyclus tuberculosus often caught as bycatch in pink shrimp trawl. Sampling occurred...

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Main Authors: Tainá Stauffer, Maria Cristina Ostrovski, Tereza Cristina Gonçalves da Silva-Ferreira, Tarso Costa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Carcinologia
Series:Nauplius
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-64972011000100006&lng=en&tlng=en