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Search Again| Division: | Multi-Divisional Collaboration |
| Title: | Length-width relationships of carapace measurements of king crab (Paralithodes camtschatica) |
| Author: | Rickey, R. and W. L. Sheridan |
| Year: | 1961 |
| Report ID: | Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Informational Leaflet No. 2, Juneau. |
| Abstract: | Because taking both carapace length and carapace width measurements of male king crabs requires more time than taking only the length measurement, and because width measurements are subject to greater error, a (calculated width) was developed and is presented. Data from male king crabs measured in Chiniak Bay (Kodiak Island), southeastern Bering Sea and Kachemak Bay (Cook Inlet ) are analyzed and compared. We found no significant difference between slopes of the carapace width-length relationship lines from the three areas. Tests also showed that the length-width relationship for Chiniak Bay data was definitely linear. Hence validity of the conversion (carapace length to width) is well established |
| Keywords: | King crab Paralithodes camtschatica Alaska Chiniak Bay Kodiak Bering Sea Kachemak Bay carapace measurements sampling methods. |