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Population dynamics of shrimp Pleoticus muelleri in an upwelling region and new implications for latitudinal gradient theories

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2019

Gustavo S. Sancinetti*
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Carcinology (NEBECC) (Group of Studies on Crustacean Biology, Ecology and Culture), Department of Zoology, Institute of Biosciences of Botucatu, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, CEP-18618-689, Brazil
Antônio L. Castilho
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Carcinology (NEBECC) (Group of Studies on Crustacean Biology, Ecology and Culture), Department of Zoology, Institute of Biosciences of Botucatu, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, CEP-18618-689, Brazil
Milena R. Wolf
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Carcinology (NEBECC) (Group of Studies on Crustacean Biology, Ecology and Culture), Department of Zoology, Institute of Biosciences of Botucatu, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, CEP-18618-689, Brazil
Rogério C. Costa
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Biology of Marine and Freshwater Shrimp (LABCAM), Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Bauru, São Paulo, CEP-17033-360, Brazil
Alexandre Azevedo
Affiliation:
Nucleus in Ecology and Environmental Development of Macaé (NUPEM), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, CEP-27965-045, Brazil
Adilson Fransozo
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Carcinology (NEBECC) (Group of Studies on Crustacean Biology, Ecology and Culture), Department of Zoology, Institute of Biosciences of Botucatu, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, CEP-18618-689, Brazil
*
Author for correspondence: Gustavo S. Sancinetti, E-mail: sancinetti@hotmail.com

Abstract

The population dynamics of shrimp Pleoticus muelleri was used as a model to verify if the trend of continuous reproduction periodicity, shorter body size and longevity, and early sexual maturity found in tropical regions is corroborated in upwelling regions. Shrimps were sampled in a region under the influence of upwelling (northern coast of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil). Characteristics of bottom water were registered, and shrimps were measured (carapace length – CL) and classified by sex and gonadal development stages. Reproduction was seasonal, from September to December, and favoured by water mass intrusions of low temperatures and high chlorophyll concentrations. The greatest number of reproductive females preceded periods with the highest chlorophyll concentrations in the water column (cross-correlation; P < 0.05, lag (month) = −3, r = 0.50), suggesting greater developmental success of larval stage due to increase of food availability. Von Bertalanffy growth models resulted in asymptotic carapace length estimates of CL∞ = 40.21 mm and CL∞ = 36.78 mm for females and males, respectively. The reproductive and growth characteristics of the P. muelleri population studied herein were similar to that of populations from higher latitudes, demonstrating that the latitudinal pattern rule cannot be applied in regions influenced by an upwelling phenomenon.

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