. The Biological bulletin. Biology; Zoology; Biology; Marine Biology. MOLT SYNCHRONY OF EMERITA ANALOGA 581 Table I Mean carapace length, number per size class mean nme a, ftrs, and second molting peaks, thepercemage of animals moltmg during each peak, and the mtermolt period Jor tne size c lass as ueii'iri Carapace iincu u) i'">- I"' Location length (mm + ) Mid-point 1st peak 5 May 7 May n % Molt/ peak Mid-point 2nd peak n % Molt/ peak Intermolt period Tank 1 Large Small + + 21 13 86 115 17 June 13 June 17 9 94 100 43 37 Tank 2 Large Small + 0
. The Biological bulletin. Biology; Zoology; Biology; Marine Biology. MOLT SYNCHRONY OF EMERITA ANALOGA 581 Table I Mean carapace length, number per size class mean nme a, ftrs, and second molting peaks, thepercemage of animals moltmg during each peak, and the mtermolt period Jor tne size c lass as ueii'iri Carapace iincu u) i'">- I"' Location length (mm + ) Mid-point 1st peak 5 May 7 May n % Molt/ peak Mid-point 2nd peak n % Molt/ peak Intermolt period Tank 1 Large Small + + 21 13 86 115 17 June 13 June 17 9 94 100 43 37 Tank 2 Large Small + + 7 May 5 May 27 15 89 100 20-21 June 13 June 24 14 104 86 39 Tank 3 Large Small + + 4 May 10-11 May 26 17 62 89 14 June 15 June 27 15 100 100 41 was determined as the time between the mid-points of the molting peaks (as in Fig^ 0 The P~age of animals to molt dunng a peak was determined by dividing the number of molts by the number of animals alive at the end of the peak. Field molt frequency and estimated intermolt period: 1982 Estimates of moh frequency and intermoh period of female Emerita analoga from thHeld were calculated to determine how consistent such estimates would be rsynchrfnou:i"m^^^^^^^ growth rate rationale of Fusaro (1977). From July to September 1982 I collected 13 field samples from Goleta Beach. Each sample consisted of between 51 and 209 anfmarwhh mm carapace length. In all, 1623 animals were collected. After CO o 40- (n O 20-. APRIL MAY 1981 JUNE FIGURE 1 Determmation of the intermolt period of a single size class of Emerita analoga held in Sed for„o™a^!, a„d"he imermol. pen'od defined as .he „m. between .he m,, of .he .wo Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Ho
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