Table 16. Queen Conch 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
Queen
Conch
Strombus
gigas		 Eggs 0 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 9 0 0 4 0 4 4 4 4 10 0 0 0 9 0 1
Larvae 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 15 4 0 0 1 0 0
Early Juv. 0 4 4 9 4 9 0 0 4 0 0 9 0 0 4 0 4 4 4 9 8 0 0 0 8 0 4
Late Juv. 0 4 4 9 4 9 0 0 4 4 4 9 0 0 4 0 4 4 4 4 6 0 0 0 11 0 3
Adults 0 4 4 9 4 4 0 0 4 4 4 9 0 0 4 0 4 4 4 4 6 0 0 0 12 0 2
Spawners 0 4 4 9 4 9 0 0 4 0 0 9 0 0 4 0 4 4 4 4 8 0 0 0 9 0 3
                                                         
Information Summary by Habitat and Depth Presence/
Absence
Values		  
0 6 1 1 2 1 2 6 5 1 4 4 1 6 6 1 6 0 0 0 0              
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1              
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 5 5 0 5 1 0 1 5 2 2 0 0 0 5 0 5 5 5 4              
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0              
9 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1              

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