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MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsTheme Sections MEPS 469:249-261 (2012) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09766 Effects of temperature and gadid predation on snow crab recruitment: comparisons between the Bering Sea and Atlantic Canada Laurinda A. Marcello1,*, Franz J. Mueter1, Earl G. Dawe2, Mikio Moriyasu3 1School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Juneau, Alaska 99801, USA 2Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, St John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador A1C 5X1, Canada 3Gulf Fisheries Centre, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Moncton, New Brunswick E1C 9B6, Canada *Email: laurinda.marcello@gmail.com ABSTRACT: Snow crabs Chionoecetes opilio are found in many subarctic ecosystems, where they are important components of marine food webs and support large commercial fisheries. Snow crab abundance is highly variable, but the causes of large changes in year-class strength are poorly known. We used a regression approach to examine the effects of snow crab spawning stock biomass, bottom water temperature, cold area or sea ice extent, and predation by Pacific cod Gadus macrocephalus or Atlantic cod G. morhua on snow crab recruitment in each of 3 ecosystems: the eastern Bering Sea, the Newfoundland-Labrador Shelf, and the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. Comparing results across systems showed that cold ocean conditions during early life history were associated with increased snow crab recruitment or recruitment indices in all 3 ecosystems. However, we found no consistent evidence that spawning stock or gadid biomasses were significantly related to subsequent snow crab recruitment. Our results underscore the value of comparing multiple ecosystems and demonstrate the importance of ocean conditions in driving variability in snow crab populations. KEY WORDS: Snow crab · Recruitment · Environment · Predation · Spawning stock biomass · Eastern Bering Sea · Newfoundland-Labrador Shelf · Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence Full text in pdf format PreviousNextCite this article as: Marcello LA, Mueter FJ, Dawe EG, Moriyasu M (2012) Effects of temperature and gadid predation on snow crab recruitment: comparisons between the Bering Sea and Atlantic Canada. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 469:249-261. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09766 Export citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in MEPS Vol. 469. Online publication date: November 26, 2012 Print ISSN: 0171-8630; Online ISSN: 1616-1599 Copyright © 2012 Inter-Research.
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