Research Article
Population Structure of the Freshwater Crab Potamon algeriense (Bott, 1967) Inhabiting Oued Zegzel, (Northeast of Morocco)
Table 1
Sex ratio by size class of
Potamon algeriense from Oued Zegzel, Morocco, over one year period (
).
| Size class | Males | Females | Total | Sex ratio | | Significance | N | % | N | % |
| 6–10 | 2 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | — | | NS | 11–15 | 24 | 85.71 | 4 | 14.29 | 28 | 6 : 1 | | S | 16–20 | 69 | 57.98 | 50 | 42.02 | 119 | 1.38 : 1 | | NS | 21–25 | 71 | 56.80 | 54 | 43.20 | 125 | 1.31 : 1 | | NS | 26–30 | 47 | 40.87 | 68 | 59.13 | 115 | 0.69 : 1 | | NS | 31–35 | 56 | 55.45 | 45 | 44.55 | 101 | 1.24 : 1 | | NS | 36–40 | 44 | 51.16 | 42 | 48.84 | 86 | 1.04 : 1 | | NS | 41–45 | 35 | 64.81 | 19 | 35.19 | 54 | 1.84 : 1 | | S | 46–50 | 18 | 72.00 | 7 | 28.00 | 25 | 2.57 : 1 | | S | 51–55 | 10 | 83.33 | 2 | 16.67 | 12 | 5 : 1 | | S | 56–60 | 1 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | — | | NS | 61–65 | 1 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | — | | NS | Total | 378 | 56.50 | 291 | 43.50 | 669 | 1.30 : 1 | | S |
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