Improving a tool to predict time of hatch of American lobster, Homarus americanus, from the Bay of Fundy

dc.contributor.advisorRochette, Rémy
dc.contributor.authorBo, Sha
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-19T16:59:17Z
dc.date.available2023-12-19T16:59:17Z
dc.date.issued2022-08
dc.description.abstractHatch date affects the survival and settlement success of marine invertebrate larvae. The objective of this study was to determine whether American lobster embryos raised individually detached from a female’s brood can be used to study and simulate the development and hatch of embryos attached to a female’s brood. I raised lobster embryos during the last 50-91 days before their hatch in late spring to early summer, both attached to- and isolated-from female broods, and predicted their hatch based on estimates of embryo development rate and development status at hatch (based on eye size) from this and two published studies. Embryos isolated from their brood had a high hatch rate (>98%) and their development time was comparable to that of their attached siblings, suggesting that they provide a useful tool for future research, including in the context of large-scale ecological or modelling studies of lobster hatch and larval dispersal.
dc.description.copyright© Sha Bo, 2022
dc.format.extentxiv, 101
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.identifier.oclc(OCoLC)1425487156en
dc.identifier.otherThesis 11022en
dc.identifier.urihttps://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/handle/1882/37606
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of New Brunswick
dc.rightshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
dc.subject.disciplineBiology
dc.subject.lcshAmerican lobster--Larvae--Fundy, Bay of.en
dc.subject.lcshAmerican lobster--Fundy, Bay of--Forecasting.en
dc.subject.lcshFundy, Bay of.en
dc.titleImproving a tool to predict time of hatch of American lobster, Homarus americanus, from the Bay of Fundy
dc.typemaster thesis
oaire.license.conditionother
thesis.degree.disciplineBiology
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of New Brunswick
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameM.Sc.

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