Título:	Brachyuran crustaceans from the bycatch of prawn fisheries at the mouth of the Amazon river.
Autoria:	LIMA, J. de F. SILVA, T. C. da SILVA, L. M. A. da GARCIA, J. da S.
Afiliação:	JO DE FARIAS LIMA, CPAF-AP THIBÉRIO CARVALHO DA SILVA, Universidade do Estado do Amapá LUIS MAURICIO ABDON DA SILVA, Instituto de Pesquisas Cientificas e Tecnológicas do Estado do Amapá JAMILE DA SILVA GARCIA, Universidade do Estado do Amapá.
Ano de publicação:	2013
Referência:	Acta Amazonica, Manaus, v. 43, n. 1, p. 93-100, mar. 2013.
Conteúdo:	The present paper is a pioneering study on the Brachyura bycatch associated with the artisan prawn fisheries at the mouth of the Amazon River. The study was conducted at four collection sites distributed along the mouth of the Amazon River between the months of January/2009 and January/2010. The animals were caught using handcrafted traps called ?matapi?, which are used by prawn fisherman in the region. Twenty matapis were used at each collection site. A total of 145 specimens were captured and six species were identified, all belonging to the Trichodactylidae family - Sylviocarcinus maldonadoensis, S. pictus, S. devillei, Valdivia serrata, Dilocarcinus septemdentatus and D. pagei. The most representative species, S. maldonadoensis, S. pictus and S. devillei were classified as regular. Regarding the composition of the capture, there were three specimens of D. pagei , only one male specimen of D. septemdentatus, forty-eight specimens of S. maldonadoensis, sixty-eight specimens of S. pictus, twenty-two specimens of S. devillei and three specimens of V. serrata. In all months, the brachyuran fauna showed a considerably lower biomass when compared to the prawns, representing only 5% of the catch, in a ratio of 1:0.06. For most species, the number of males was always higher than the number of females in almost all collection months.
Thesagro:	Crustáceo Camarão
Palavras-chave:	Prawn fishing Crustaceans Amazon region
Tipo do material:	Artigo de periódico
Acesso:	openAccess
Aparece nas coleções:	Artigo em periódico indexado (CPAF-AP)