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Distribution of Farfantepenaeus aztecus and F. duorarum on submerged aquatic vegetation habitats along a subtropical coastal lagoon (Laguna Madre, Mexico)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

Roberto Pérez-Castañeda ,
Zeferino Blanco-Martínez ,
Jesús Genaro Sánchez-Martínez ,
Jaime L. Rábago-Castro ,
Gabriel Aguirre-Guzmán  and
María de la Luz Vázquez-Sauceda
Roberto Pérez-Castañeda*
Affiliation:
Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Carretera Victoria-Mante Km 5, A.P. 263, Cd. Victoria 87000, Tamaulipas, México
Zeferino Blanco-Martínez
Affiliation:
Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Carretera Victoria-Mante Km 5, A.P. 263, Cd. Victoria 87000, Tamaulipas, México
Jesús Genaro Sánchez-Martínez
Affiliation:
Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Carretera Victoria-Mante Km 5, A.P. 263, Cd. Victoria 87000, Tamaulipas, México
Jaime L. Rábago-Castro
Affiliation:
Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Carretera Victoria-Mante Km 5, A.P. 263, Cd. Victoria 87000, Tamaulipas, México
Gabriel Aguirre-Guzmán
Affiliation:
Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Carretera Victoria-Mante Km 5, A.P. 263, Cd. Victoria 87000, Tamaulipas, México
María de la Luz Vázquez-Sauceda
Affiliation:
Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Carretera Victoria-Mante Km 5, A.P. 263, Cd. Victoria 87000, Tamaulipas, México
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: R. Pérez-Castañeda, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Carretera Victoria-Mante Km 5, A.P. 263, Cd. Victoria 87000, Tamaulipas, México email: roperez@uat.edu.mx
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Abstract

The spatial distribution of Farfantepenaeus shrimp was analysed in the Laguna Madre of Tamaulipas, Mexico. Sampling was carried out on submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) habitats at five sites located along the coastal lagoon. Two nocturnal surveys were conducted during winter in 2005 (January–February), collecting a total of 3268 shrimp individuals. SAV beds were composed of a mixture of drift algae (mainly Digenia simplex), attached algae (mainly Penicillus capitatus and Udotea occidentalis) and seagrass (mainly Halodule wrightii). Farfantepenaeus aztecus was more abundant (39.5%) than F. duorarum (36.8%), and the remaining 23.7% corresponding to small unidentified Farfantepenaeus spp. were classified as recruits. Abundance of F. aztecus was significantly higher at sites 2 and 4, whereas F. duorarum did not show significant distribution differences along the Laguna Madre. Recruits, juveniles and total shrimp tended to decrease significantly at the northern part of the lagoon (site 1), where substrate was dominated by drifting algae and seagrasses were scarce or absent. The abundance of shrimp was positively related to seagrass biomass and/or water temperature, whereas there was a negligible or negative relationship with algal biomass. With the exception of subadults, a significant positive linear relationship between seagrass and shrimp abundance was fitted, indicating an increase in number of individuals of both species with increasing seagrass biomass. This suggests that seagrass is the most important component of SAV beds influencing the abundance of F. aztecus and F. duorarum along this hypersaline coastal lagoon.

Keywords

penaeid shrimpseagrassdrift algaeattached algaesubtropical coastal lagoonLaguna MadreMexico
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 90 , Issue 3 , May 2010 , pp. 445 - 452
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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