
%0 Journal Article
%A Skewes, Timothy D. 
%A Pitcher, C. Roland 
%A Dennis, Darren M. 
%T Growth of ornate rock lobsters,<emph type="2">Panulirus ornatus</emph>, in Torres Strait, Australia
%J Marine and Freshwater Research
%D 1997/12/15
%V 48
%N 6
%P 497-501
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/MF96063
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MF96063 
%X Growth (size-at-age) of Panulirus ornatus in Torres Strait was calculated from size&#8211;frequency data collected during annual population surveys and from the catch of lobster fishermen. Growth varied on both spatial (~100 km) and temporal (yearly) scales, the former probably because of differences in water temperature and/or food availability, and the latter probably because of density-dependent effects. Although an existing growth curve formulated from tag&#8211;recapture data was similar to growth of lobsters in the fast growth zones, it may overestimate the growth of lobsters from the area where most of the tag&#8211;recapture data were collected. 
