Distribution, Abundance and Population Ecology of Ashtoret lunaris (Forskel, 1775) and Matuta planipes Fabricius, 1798 from the Sonmiani Bay (Lagoon), Pakistan

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Distribution, Abundance and Population Ecology of Ashtoret lunaris (Forskel, 1775) and Matuta planipes Fabricius, 1798 from the Sonmiani Bay (Lagoon), Pakistan

Noor Us Saher¹, Zunaira Amanat², M. Asif Gondal³ and Naureen Aziz Qureshi⁴^,*

Author Affiliations

¹Centre of Excellence in Marine Biology, University of Karachi, Karachi 75270, Pakistan.
²Department of Zoology, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, University Road, Karachi, Pakistan.
³Department of Biosciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Park Road, Islamabad, Pakistan
⁴Government College Women University, Faisalabad, Pakistan

* Corresponding author: [email protected]; [email protected]

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Figure 1

Coastline of Pakistan showing the location of Sonmiani Bay (Miani Hor) Lagoon.

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Figure 2

Diagrammatic presentation of Ashtoret lunaris (Forskal, 1775) Morphometric measurements (TL, Carapace length CW, Carapace width and Ch. L., Chela length).

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Figure 3

Monthly percent occurance of M. planipes and A. lunaris in the coastal waters of Sonmiani bay (Apr. 2005 - Mar. 2007).

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Figure 4

The growth curves (A, male; B, female) showing the size of carapace of 50% popultion of M. planipes attained sexual maturity in Sonmiani bay (Apr. 2005 - Mar. 2007).

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The growth curves (A, male; B, female) showing the size of carapace of 50% population of A.lunaris attained sexual maturity in Sonmiani bay (Apr. 2005 - Mar. 2007).

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