{"id":7275,"date":"2015-09-01T16:36:46","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T20:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/?p=7275"},"modified":"2015-10-30T11:19:45","modified_gmt":"2015-10-30T15:19:45","slug":"ask-the-lobster-doc-a-year-in-the-life-of-a-lobster-part-1-lobsters-in-autumn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/ask-the-lobster-doc-a-year-in-the-life-of-a-lobster-part-1-lobsters-in-autumn\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask the Lobster Doc: A year in the life of a lobster (Part 1) \u2013 Lobsters in autumn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the last 23 years, The Lobster Conservancy and I have gathered data recording what lobsters are doing throughout the year using various methods, including:\"ask-the-lobster-doc-Cowan\"<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u00a0Collecting data on locations and hourly temperatures directly recorded by eggers tagged in Friendship, ME who traveled as far as Cape Cod, MA;<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u00a0Taking repeated monthly census of juvenile lobsters along shore at specific locations from Beals, ME to Scituate, MA; and<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u00a0Recording daily behavioral observations using snorkel and SCUBA, dive slates, and underwater camera in Friendship Lobster Pound.<\/p>\n

Using acoustic telemetry and attaching temperature data loggers directly to egg-bearing lobsters in the fall, The Lobster Conservancy
\nworked with a team of lobstermen tracking temperature and movement of egg bearing lobsters throughout the year.<\/p>\n

We found that lobsters were at the same temperature as each other for a short while in late October and early November, but the rest of the time they were at different temperatures.<\/p>\n

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(Diane Cowan\/The Lobster Conservancy graphic)<\/p><\/div>\n

For example, one day in early December, the coldest lobster averaged 36\u00b0F while the warmest was in 50\u00b0 water.<\/p>\n

Why the big difference in temperature?<\/p>\n

Some lobsters moved to deeper, warmer water in winter, while others stayed in shallow waters and did not move at all…<\/p>\n

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Over the last 23 years, The Lobster Conservancy and I have gathered data recording what lobsters are doing throughout the year using various methods, including: \u2022 \u00a0Collecting data on locations and hourly temperatures directly recorded by eggers tagged in Friendship, ME who traveled as far as Cape Cod, MA; \u2022 \u00a0Taking repeated monthly census of … <\/p>\n

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