Maternal influences on offspring size variation and viability in wild European lobster Homarus gammarus

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Moland, Even, Olsen, Esben Moland, Stenseth, Nils Christian
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research 2010
• Subjects: lobster; hummer; egg quality; eggkvalitet; survival; overlevelse; VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Resource biology: 921; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Oceanography: 452; Hummer; Norway; European lobster; Homarus gammarus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/109116; https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08397

In many marine species, large females tend to produce more robust offspring than small females. However, knowledge on maternal influences in decapod crustaceans is limited. This is unfortunate since many decapod populations are being intensively harvested and show signs of ‘juvenescence’, i.e. the l...