Reproductive patterns of Aratus pisonii (Decapoda: Grapsidae) from an estuarine area of São Paulo Northern Coast, Brazil
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Resumo: | This paper describes the frequency of occurrence and reproductive patterns of the tree mangrove crab Aratus pisonii. Monthly samples were taken from January 1993 to June 1994 in an estuarine mangrove from Ubatuba region, Brazil. A total of 1 078 animals, 489 males and 589 females (131 ovigerous females) were collected. Carapace width ranged from 4.2 to 25.9 mm. A summer reproductive peak followed by a recruitment juvenile pulse was verified. Females were more abundant than males in the intermediate size classes. The sex-ratio in several months was biased towards females, suggesting a poligynous population and migration of females to mangrove fringes at the time of incubation and spawning. |
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Reproductive patterns of Aratus pisonii (Decapoda: Grapsidae) from an estuarine area of São Paulo Northern Coast, BrazilAratus pisoniiBrazilGrapsidaeReproductionSex-ratioThis paper describes the frequency of occurrence and reproductive patterns of the tree mangrove crab Aratus pisonii. Monthly samples were taken from January 1993 to June 1994 in an estuarine mangrove from Ubatuba region, Brazil. A total of 1 078 animals, 489 males and 589 females (131 ovigerous females) were collected. Carapace width ranged from 4.2 to 25.9 mm. A summer reproductive peak followed by a recruitment juvenile pulse was verified. Females were more abundant than males in the intermediate size classes. The sex-ratio in several months was biased towards females, suggesting a poligynous population and migration of females to mangrove fringes at the time of incubation and spawning.Departamento de Zoologia Instituto de Biociências Universidade Estadual Paulista, Caixa Postal 510, 18618-000 Botucatu (SP)Departamento de Zoologia Inst. Biociencias Ctro. Aquicultura Universidade Estadual Paulista, Caixa Postal 510, 18618-000 Botucatu (SP)Departamento de Zoologia Instituto de Biociências Universidade Estadual Paulista, Caixa Postal 510, 18618-000 Botucatu (SP)Departamento de Zoologia Inst. Biociencias Ctro. Aquicultura Universidade Estadual Paulista, Caixa Postal 510, 18618-000 Botucatu (SP)Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)De Arruda Leme, Maria Helena [UNESP]Negreiros-Fransozo, Maria Lucia [UNESP]2014-05-27T11:19:36Z2014-05-27T11:19:36Z1998-09-01info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article673-678http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?pid=S0034-77441998000300021&script=sci_arttextRevista de Biologia Tropical, v. 46, n. 3, p. 673-678, 1998.0034-7744http://hdl.handle.net/11449/65511S0034-77441998000300021WOS:0000790630000212-s2.0-0009853959Scopusreponame:Repositório Institucional da UNESPinstname:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)instacron:UNESPengRevista de Biologia Tropical0.5110,326info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2021-10-23T10:49:42Zoai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/65511Repositório InstitucionalPUBhttp://repositorio.unesp.br/oai/requestopendoar:29462024-08-05T17:03:18.909829Repositório Institucional da UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)false |
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Reproductive patterns of Aratus pisonii (Decapoda: Grapsidae) from an estuarine area of São Paulo Northern Coast, Brazil |
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Reproductive patterns of Aratus pisonii (Decapoda: Grapsidae) from an estuarine area of São Paulo Northern Coast, Brazil |
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Reproductive patterns of Aratus pisonii (Decapoda: Grapsidae) from an estuarine area of São Paulo Northern Coast, Brazil De Arruda Leme, Maria Helena [UNESP] Aratus pisonii Brazil Grapsidae Reproduction Sex-ratio |
title_short |
Reproductive patterns of Aratus pisonii (Decapoda: Grapsidae) from an estuarine area of São Paulo Northern Coast, Brazil |
title_full |
Reproductive patterns of Aratus pisonii (Decapoda: Grapsidae) from an estuarine area of São Paulo Northern Coast, Brazil |
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Reproductive patterns of Aratus pisonii (Decapoda: Grapsidae) from an estuarine area of São Paulo Northern Coast, Brazil |
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Reproductive patterns of Aratus pisonii (Decapoda: Grapsidae) from an estuarine area of São Paulo Northern Coast, Brazil |
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Reproductive patterns of Aratus pisonii (Decapoda: Grapsidae) from an estuarine area of São Paulo Northern Coast, Brazil |
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De Arruda Leme, Maria Helena [UNESP] |
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De Arruda Leme, Maria Helena [UNESP] Negreiros-Fransozo, Maria Lucia [UNESP] |
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Negreiros-Fransozo, Maria Lucia [UNESP] |
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Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) |
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De Arruda Leme, Maria Helena [UNESP] Negreiros-Fransozo, Maria Lucia [UNESP] |
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Aratus pisonii Brazil Grapsidae Reproduction Sex-ratio |
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Aratus pisonii Brazil Grapsidae Reproduction Sex-ratio |
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This paper describes the frequency of occurrence and reproductive patterns of the tree mangrove crab Aratus pisonii. Monthly samples were taken from January 1993 to June 1994 in an estuarine mangrove from Ubatuba region, Brazil. A total of 1 078 animals, 489 males and 589 females (131 ovigerous females) were collected. Carapace width ranged from 4.2 to 25.9 mm. A summer reproductive peak followed by a recruitment juvenile pulse was verified. Females were more abundant than males in the intermediate size classes. The sex-ratio in several months was biased towards females, suggesting a poligynous population and migration of females to mangrove fringes at the time of incubation and spawning. |
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1998 |
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1998-09-01 2014-05-27T11:19:36Z 2014-05-27T11:19:36Z |
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