
%0 Journal Article
%A Lucas, C 
%A Young, PC 
%A Brundritt, JK 
%T Preliminary mortality rates of marked king prawns <I>Penaeus plebejus</I>, in laboratory tanks
%J Marine and Freshwater Research
%D 1972/08/01
%V 23
%N 2
%P 143-150
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9720143
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MF9720143 
%X Estimates of instantaneous mortality rates of marked king prawns, Penaeus plebejus, are made from laboratory experiments. Petersen disk tags cause a mortality in juveniles (20-30 mm carapace length) of the order of MT = 0.11 week-1 but no significant mortality in adults (35-50 mm carapace length). Floy anchor tags cause an initial mortality of 50% and an instantaneous mortality of MT = 0.15 week-1 in juveniles, and in adults there is an initial mortality of 25% but no further mortality. Pontamine blue stain injected into juveniles did not produce any significant mortality. 
