Month
% of Egg bearing crabs (n=300)
% of Young one bearing crabs (n=300)
Number of eggs/crab
Weight of egg (mg) (n=124)
Egg diameter (mm)
(n=124)
Number of young ones/crab
Weight of young ones (mg) (n=106)
Jan
--
1
--
--
--
95
11± 0.12
Feb
2
2
106
8.5± 0.15
1.95± 0.05
98
11± 0.23
Mar
5
4
110
10± 0.12
1.95± 0.05
102
11± 0.21
Apr
6
9
107
10 ± 0.14
1.97 ± 0.04
97
12 ± 0.24
May
9
7
105
9 ± 0.16
1.97 ± 0.06
96
12 ± 0.18
June
4
7
110
9 ± 0.20
2.01 ± 0.04
108
12 ± 0.19
July
5
4
106
9.5 ± 0.16
1.98 ± 0.06
100
11 ± 0.21
Aug
5
4
99
10 ± 0.21
2.12 ± 0.06
108
12 ± 0.22
Sept
22
20
130
10 ± 0.22
2.21 ± 0.06
120
13 ± 0.21
Oct
18
19
132
11 ± 0.19
2.16 ± 0.05
118
13 ± 0.18
Nov
10
8
122
10 ± 0.18
2.11 ± 0.05
120
12 ± 0.19
Dec
1
4
120
10 ± 0.22
2.02 ± 0.06
116
12 ± 0.14
Table 1:
Monthly analysis of brood size and morphometric observations relation to egg bearing and young-one bearing female crabs.
