Condition and its assessment in the southern rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii). Assessment of condition indices and moult staging techniques
1995-017
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
Richard Musgrove
Completed
$140,590.00
Environment
1. A. Development of a condition index or indices .To determine the correlation between selected biochemical components, growth and temperature in the laboratory.
2. Moult Staging Techniques. To determine the correlation between moult stage, shell rigidity and pleopod epidermal and setal development for this species. To determine the length of individual moult stages
Keywords: Southern Rock Lobster, Jasus edwardsii, condition index, RNA:DNA ratio, lipid, protein, food availability.