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Spatial and temporal distribution of the shrimp Nematopalaemon schmitti (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae) at a subtropical enclosed bay in South America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2009

Vivian Fransozo ,
Antonio Leão Castilho ,
Fúlvio Aurélio Morais Freire ,
Michele Furlan ,
Ariádine Cristine de Almeida ,
Gustavo Monteiro Teixeira  and
Juan Antonio Baeza
Vivian Fransozo
Affiliation:
NEBECC (Crustacean Biology, Ecology and Culture Study Group), Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista, 18.618.000—Botucatu, SP, Brazil
Antonio Leão Castilho
Affiliation:
NEBECC (Crustacean Biology, Ecology and Culture Study Group), Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista, 18.618.000—Botucatu, SP, Brazil
Fúlvio Aurélio Morais Freire
Affiliation:
NEBECC (Crustacean Biology, Ecology and Culture Study Group), Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista, 18.618.000—Botucatu, SP, Brazil Departamento de Ciências Animais, Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido, 59625-900, Mossoró, RN, Brazil
Michele Furlan
Affiliation:
NEBECC (Crustacean Biology, Ecology and Culture Study Group), Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista, 18.618.000—Botucatu, SP, Brazil
Ariádine Cristine de Almeida
Affiliation:
NEBECC (Crustacean Biology, Ecology and Culture Study Group), Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista, 18.618.000—Botucatu, SP, Brazil
Gustavo Monteiro Teixeira
Affiliation:
NEBECC (Crustacean Biology, Ecology and Culture Study Group), Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista, 18.618.000—Botucatu, SP, Brazil
Juan Antonio Baeza*
Affiliation:
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado Postal 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancón, Republic of Panama Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce, 701 Seaway Drive, Fort Pierce, Florida 34949, USA Departamento de Biología Marina, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Católica del Norte, Larrondo 1281, Coquimbo, Chile
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: J.A. Baeza, Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce, 701 Seaway Drive, Fort Pierce, Florida 34949, USA email: baezaa@si.edu
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Abstract

The spatio-temporal distribution of the soft bottom dwelling shrimp Nematopalaemon schmitti and the effect of environmental conditions (sediment characteristics, temperature, salinity and dissolved oxygen) on its abundance were studied at Ubatuba Bay, south-eastern coast of Brazil. Surveys were conducted monthly from September 1995 to August 1996. Each sampling set comprised eight different transects distributed within the bay. Comparisons of CPUE of shrimp among sampling stations demonstrated that the abundance of N. schmitti was the greatest during winter, when average water temperature within the bay was considerably lower than during the rest of the year. Most shrimps (more than 95%) were collected at a single transect located at the northernmost side of the bay, demonstrating the extremely patchy distribution of this species. A multiple regression analysis using data only from this northernmost transect indicated that temperature was the most relevant factor affecting the abundance of N. schmitti during the year.

Keywords

distributionabundancetemperatureshrimpUbatuba BayBrazil
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 89 , Issue 8 , December 2009 , pp. 1581 - 1587
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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