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Penaeus (melicertus) plebejus (Hess,1865)

Eastern king prawn



Cameron Cotterell (2011)

 

 

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Broadhurst, MK, Millar, RB, Kennelly, SJ, Macbeth, WG, Young, DJ & Gray, CA 2004, 'Selectivity of conventional diamond- and novel square-mesh codends in an Australian estuarine penaeid-trawl fishery', Fisheries Research, vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 183-94.

Courtney, AJ, Die, DJ & McGilvray, JG 1996, 'Lunar periodicity in catch rate and reproductive condition of adult eastern king prawns, Penaeus plebejus, in coastal waters of south-eastern Queensland, Australia', Marine and Freshwater Research, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 67-76.

Ellis, N, Pantus, F, Welna, A & Butler, A 2008, 'Evaluating ecosystem-based management options: Effects of trawling in Torres Strait, Australia', Continental Shelf Research, vol. 28, no. 16, pp. 2324-38.

Glaister, JP, Lau, T & McDonall, VC 1987, 'Growth and Migration of tagged Eastern Australian King Prawns, penaeus-plebejus Hess', Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 225-41.

Grey, D.L., Dall, W. & Baker, A. 1983. A guide to the Australian Penaeid Prawns. (Northern Territory Government Printing Office: Darwin). Pp. 140.

Griffiths, SP 1999, 'Effects of lunar periodicity on catches of Penaeus plebejus (Hess) in an Australian coastal lagoon', Fisheries Research, vol. 42, no. 1-2, pp. 195-9.

Montgomery, SS 1990, 'Movements of juvenile Eastern King Prawns, penaeus-plebejus, and identification of stock along the east-coast of Australia.', Fisheries Research, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 189-208.

Montgomery, Ss 2010, Biology and life cycle of Prawn (Melicertus plebejus), NSW Government, (viewed 23/10/2011, www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/358863/biology-and-life-cycles-of-prawns.pdf

Montgomery, SS, Courtney, AJ, Blount, C, Stewart, J, Die, DJ, Cosgrove, M & O'Neill, MF 2007, 'Patterns in the distribution and abundance of female eastern king prawns, Melicertus plebejus (Hess, 1865), capable of spawning and reproductive potential in waters off eastern Australia', Fisheries Research, vol. 88, no. 1-3, pp. 80-7.

O'Neill, MF, Courtney, AJ, Turnbull, CT, Good, NM, Yeomans, KM, Smith, JS & Shootingstar, C 2003, 'Comparison of relative fishing power between different sectors of the Queensland trawl fishery, Australia', Fisheries Research, vol. 65, no. 1-3, pp. 309-21.

Ochwada-Doyle, F, Gray, CA, Loneragan, NR & Taylor, MD 2010, 'Using experimental ecology to understand stock enhancement: Comparisons of habitat-related predation on wild and hatchery-reared Penaeus plebejus Hess', Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, vol. 390, no. 1, pp. 65-71.

Ochwada, F, Loneragan, NR, Gray, CA, Suthers, IM & Taylor, MD 2009, 'Complexity affects habitat preference and predation mortality in postlarval Penaeus plebejus: implications for stock enhancement', Marine Ecology-Progress Series, vol. 380, pp. 161-71.

Rothlisberg, PC, Church, JA & Fandry, CB 1995, 'A mechanism for near-shore concentration and estuarine recruitment of postlarval penaeus-plebejus hess(decapoda,penaeidae)', Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 115-38.

Skilleter, GA, Olds, A, Loneragan, NR & Zharikov, Y 2005, 'The value of patches of intertidal seagrass to prawns depends on their proximity to mangroves', Marine Biology, vol. 147, no. 2, pp. 353-65.

The Department of Industry and Investment NSW 2010,Eastern King Prawn (Melicertus plebejus),NSW Government ,(viewed 23/10/2011, www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/375881/Eastern-King-Prawn.pdf

Vance, DJ & Pendrey, RC 2008, 'Vertical migration of postlarval penaeid prawns in two Australian estuaries: the effect of tide and day/night', Marine and Freshwater Research, vol. 59, no. 8, pp. 671-83.

Young, P.C. 1977. A working key to the common species of juvenile penaeid prawns from Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia (Penaeidae: Natantia). Report no. 72. CSIRO, Division of Fisheries and Oceanography: Marine Laboratories, Cronulla, Sydney. Pp. 14.

Wassenberg, TJ & Hill, BJ 1994, 'Laboratory study of the effects of light on the emergence behaviour of 8 species of commercially important adult penaeid prawns ', Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 43-50.

 

 

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