Table 15. Spiny Lobster Life History Tables & Analysis

Presence/Absence Values

Values in red indicate total number of observations of each Presence/
Absence value for habitat of lifestage
* Denotes relative to emergent stucture

  Habitat   Information Summary by Life Stage
  Zonation Structure Depth (m)
Species Life Stage Shoreline Leeward* Crest* Windward* Plain Shelf Edge Slope Planktonic Seagrass Reef Other Hard Bottom Reef/SAV Interface Mangrove Algae Sand Mud 0-5.5 5.5-9 9-18.3 18.3-183 0 1 2 3 4 5 9
Spiny
Lobster
Panulirus
argus		 Eggs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 9 9 15 0 0 0 1 0 4
Larvae 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 9 9 15 0 0 0 1 0 4
Early Juv. 1 1 9 9 1 9 9 0 1 9 9 1 1 1 9 9 1 1 9 9 1 9 0 0 0 0 10
Late Juv. 9 1 9 9 1 9 9 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 9 1 1 9 9 1 10 0 0 0 0 9
Adults 9 1 9 1 9 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 9 9 9 0 1 1 1 1 2 12 0 0 0 0 6
Spawners 9 9 9 9 9 1 9 0 9 1 9 9 9 9 9 0 9 9 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 14
                                                         
Information Summary by Habitat and Depth Presence/
Absence
Values		  
0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 0 0 0 0              
1 1 3 0 1 2 2 1 0 3 3 2 3 2 2 0 0 3 3 2 2              
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0              
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0              
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0              
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0              
9 3 1 4 3 2 2 3 0 1 1 2 1 2 2 4 2 3 3 4 4              


Last Updated on 7/30/98
By John D. Christensen