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Morphometric Characteristics of Snapping Shrimps (Alpheus sp.): The Case of Calape, Bohol, Philippines

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Maria Danesa S. Rabia

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Morphometric studies are the most common and cost-effective tools used today to identify and characterize stocks or even populations of some fishes and crustaceans. This study aims to assess the morphometric characteristics of snapping shrimps (Alpheus sp.) in Calape, Bohol, Philippines. A sequential exploratory mixed-method design was used to characterize the data gathered. A total of 30 randomly selected snapping shrimps were collected from the local gatherer. Results have shown that snapping shrimps greatly vary in their qualitative to the quantitative description. Out of nineteen characteristics, 4 characters show high values of correlation coefficient indicating that these characters are directly proportional to each other and 11 characters show moderate correlation coefficient. Linear relationships have been observed between all the independent and dependent characters. The characterization of the snapping shrimps gives a good indicator for further studies and the creation of proper directives to minimize the collection of stocks is a good indicator of how to increase the population.

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