Size at Sexual Maturity and Fecundity of the Blue Swimmer Crab, Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758) along the Coast of Karachi, Pakistan
Size at Sexual Maturity and Fecundity of the Blue Swimmer Crab, Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758) along the Coast of Karachi, Pakistan
Shazia Rasheed1*, Javed Mustaquim2 and Khalil Hasni1
Fig. 1.
Relationship between short carapace width (SCW) and chelar propodus length (CPL) in (A) male (n=260) and (B) female (N=314) of Portunus pelagicus.
Fig. 2.
Portunus pelagicus: Relationship between short carapace width (SCW) and pleopod length (LP) in male crabs (N=260).
Fig. 3.
Relationship between short carapace width (SCW) and abdomen width (AW) in (A) female (N=314) and (B) male (n=260) of Portunus pelagicus.
Fig. 4.
Size of 50% maturity in different size groups of (A) male (n=941) and (B) female (n=1057) of Portunus pelagicus estimated by evaluating the logistic curve.
Fig. 5.
Portunus pelagicus: Relationship between fecundity (Fec) and short carapace width (SCW).
February 2021
Vol. 53, Iss. 1, Pages 1-400
