Morphometric Relationships of the Global Invader Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 (Decapoda, Brachyura, Portunidae) from Papapouli Lagoon, NW Aegean Sea, Greece. with Notes on Its Ecological Preferences
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Study Area and Sampling Methodology
4.2. Morphometric Measurements
4.3. Statistical Analyses
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Parameter | Mean | SD | Minimum | Maximum |
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Humidity (%) | 68.22 | ±9.71 | 63.56 | 81.52 |
Air temperature (°C) | 24.61 | ±4.02 | 19.3 | 29.6 |
Wind velocity (km/h) | 9.83 | ±5.92 | 0 | 21 |
pH | 8.68 | ±0.37 | 7.39 | 9.25 |
Dissolved oxygen (mg/L) | 5.8 | ±1.76 | 3.9 | 9.5 |
Salinity (‰) | 28.27 | ±2.35 | 23.5 | 32.1 |
Water temperature (°C) | 27.07 | ±1.41 | 24.7 | 30.3 |
Blue Crabs’ Morphometric Measurements, Papapouli Lagoon | |||||||||||||
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Sex | n | Carapace Length | Carapace Width | Weight | |||||||||
Mean | SD | Min. | Max. | Mean | SD | Min. | Max. | Mean | SD | Min. | Max. | ||
Female | 226 | 56.07 | 10.15 | 12.57 | 95.89 | 126.92 | 25.70 | 52.64 | 183.33 | 112.92 | 49.65 | 8 | 292 |
Male | 290 | 59.83 | 10.77 | 25.27 | 92.97 | 127.01 | 26.38 | 50.87 | 209.01 | 148.00 | 84.88 | 12 | 540 |
Sex | CL–W Relationship Parameters | CW–W Relationship Parameters | ||||||
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a | b | SE(b) | r2 | A | b | SE(b) | r2 | |
Female | 2.287 | 1.985 | 0.1793 | 0.6879 | 2.310 | 2.840 | 0.1266 | 0.8671 |
Male | 2.990 | 3.197 | 0.1525 | 0.8072 | 2.568 | 3.284 | 0.1486 | 0.8199 |
Merged | 2.664 | 2.629 | 0.1183 | 0.7532 | 2.451 | 3.082 | 0.1092 | 0.8114 |
Source | dF | SS | MS | Pseudo-F | P | Unique Perms |
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Time | 2 | 1738.7 | 347.74 | 0.45754 | 0.809 | 999 |
Stations | 2 | 12.334 | 6167.1 | 8.1146 | 0.01 | 999 |
Groups | t | P | Unique Perms |
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B-C | 4.14 | 0.013 | 981 |
B-D | 2.44 | 0.063 | 991 |
C-D | 0.40 | 0.847 | 957 |
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Kampouris, T.E.; Kouroupakis, E.; Batjakas, I.E. Morphometric Relationships of the Global Invader Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 (Decapoda, Brachyura, Portunidae) from Papapouli Lagoon, NW Aegean Sea, Greece. with Notes on Its Ecological Preferences. Fishes 2020, 5, 5. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes5010005
Kampouris TE, Kouroupakis E, Batjakas IE. Morphometric Relationships of the Global Invader Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 (Decapoda, Brachyura, Portunidae) from Papapouli Lagoon, NW Aegean Sea, Greece. with Notes on Its Ecological Preferences. Fishes. 2020; 5(1):5. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes5010005
Chicago/Turabian StyleKampouris, Thodoros E., Emmanouil Kouroupakis, and Ioannis E. Batjakas. 2020. "Morphometric Relationships of the Global Invader Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 (Decapoda, Brachyura, Portunidae) from Papapouli Lagoon, NW Aegean Sea, Greece. with Notes on Its Ecological Preferences" Fishes 5, no. 1: 5. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes5010005