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Verification of ageing methods for the burrowing shrimp, Neotrypaea californiensis, using extractable lipofuscin and gastric mill cuticular features

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 September 2019

Katelyn M. Bosley Open the ORCID record for Katelyn M. Bosley [Opens in a new window] ,
Natalie Coleman  and
Brett R. Dumbauld
Katelyn M. Bosley*
Affiliation:
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Newport, Oregon, 97365, USA
Natalie Coleman
Affiliation:
Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
Brett R. Dumbauld
Affiliation:
US Department of Agriculture, ARS, Newport, Oregon, 97365, USA
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Author for correspondence: Katelyn M. Bosley, E-mail: katelyn.bosley@noaa.gov
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Abstract

The burrowing shrimp Neotrypaea californiensis is an important ecosystem engineer that inhabits estuaries along the US Pacific Northwest coast. This species plays an important role in the estuarine ecosystem but negatively impacts oyster aquaculture through its burrowing activities. Development of population models for burrowing shrimp management requires more detailed life history information and accurate estimates of age. Ageing studies have been limited for crustaceans because it is generally believed that they do not retain structures with annual deposits commonly used to age other marine organisms, when they moult their exoskeletons. A mesocosm growth experiment and field surveys were combined to compare the performance of two ageing techniques, quantification of autofluorescent lipofuscin and gastric mill ossicular lamellae, for estimating age in N. californiensis. Animals of known age were grown in outdoor mesocosms and sampled regularly to correlate age metrics with body size and true age. Lipofuscin concentration increased with time across multiple cohorts at the rate of 1.430 ± 0.060 ng µg−1 year−1. Lamellae counts also increased with time (4.922 ± 0.337 lamellae year−1). While age estimates based on lipofuscin concentration and lamellae counts generally agreed, carapace size did not correlate to either age metric. Lamellae counts from field collections suggest they are added sequentially with age but the relationship can vary by location. When used together, the application of both techniques may provide robust estimates of crustacean age especially when size-based measurements are imprecise.

Keywords

Growthlamellaemesocardiac ossiclemesocosmmixed-effects model
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 99 , Issue 7 , November 2019 , pp. 1627 - 1638
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2019 

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