
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Skewes, Timothy D. 
A1  - Pitcher, C. Roland 
A1  - Dennis, Darren M. 
T1  - Growth of ornate rock lobsters,<emph type="2">Panulirus ornatus</emph>, in Torres Strait, Australia
JF  - Marine and Freshwater Research
JO  - Mar. Freshwater Res.
Y1  - 1997
VL  - 48
IS  - 6
SP  - 497
EP  - 501
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/MF96063 
N2  - 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. 
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