
%0 Journal Article
%A Melville-Smith, R. 
%A Chubb, C. F. 
%T Comparison of dorsal and ventral tag retention in western rock lobsters, <emph type="2">Panulirus cygnus</emph> (George)
%J Marine and Freshwater Research
%D 1998/01/20
%V 48
%N 7
%P 577-580
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/MF96065
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MF96065 
%X Over 13000 western rock lobsters double-tagged in Western Australia with dorsal and ventral tags between 1992 and 1995 have been recaptured. Ventral tags suffered significantly less damage over time (P &#60; 0.001) than did dorsal tags. Dorsal tag durability was significantly less (P &#60;0.001) for lobsters in shallow (&#60;37 m) than deep (&#62;37 m) water. Furthermore, dorsal tags returned from the Abrolhos Islands showed substantially more mutilation and loss than did those from the coast (P &#60; 0.001), and even within the coastal areas there were significant differences (P &#60; 0.05) between management zones. Tag durability was less in areas of high lobster density than low, but was not influenced by the sex or size of the animals. 
