Potential mechanism underlying the decline in kuruma prawn Penaeus japonicus: effects of loss of large females on reproductive traits and recruitment success
Taku Sato, Takuma Sugaya, Kazuaki Sakiyama, Kei Takashima et autres
Despite the disproportionate contribution of large females to reproduction via, for example, the female size-fecundity relationship and maternal influences, larger individuals are more likely to be caught than smaller ones. Removal of larger females that tend to spawn earlier in the spawning …
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