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Population structure and reproduction of the seagrass shrimp Hippolyte zostericola (Decapoda: Hippolytidae) at Laguna de Términos, Campeche, Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2012

J. Romero-Rodríguez  and
R. Román-Contreras
J. Romero-Rodríguez*
Affiliation:
Posgrado en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
R. Román-Contreras
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Carcinoparasitología, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), PO Box 70-305, Mexico, D.F. 04510, Mexico
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: J. Romero-Rodríguez, Posgrado en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) email: bopiride@gmail.com
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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to describe the population structure and some reproductive aspects of Hippolyte zostericola during an annual cycle. Samples were taken bimonthly, from June 2009 to April 2010, with a Colman–Seagrove sledge net on seagrass meadows located in the internal margin of Isla del Carmen, Campeche, Mexico. The population structure of H. zostericola was similar throughout the cycle analysed. The males, significantly smaller than females (0.57–1.8 and 0.55–3.52 mm carapace length (CL), respectively), were more frequent between 0.8 and 1.54 mm CL, whereas in larger size-classes (1.8–3.52 mm CL) only females were registered, ovigerous principally. The sex-ratio was always in favour of males, mean of 1.3 males per female. Size at maturity (CL50) was 2.28 ± 0.1 mm CL. Based on the presence of ovigerous females throughout the year it is considered that the reproduction of H. zostericola is continuous. The main breeding season and recruitment occurs during the first third of the year. The mean fecundity of the species was 144 ± 69 eggs and varies with female size. The higher egg loss occurred in larger females (37.3%) and the relationship between fecundity and female size was estimated as negative allometric, which suggests that age influences the fecundity of the species.

Keywords

Hippolyte zostericolareproductionLaguna de Términosegg losssize at maturity
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 93 , Issue 3 , May 2013 , pp. 675 - 682
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2012

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