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Population biology of shrimp Artemesia longinaris (Crustacea: Decapoda: Penaeidae) from the southern coast of Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 January 2010

Rogério Caetano da Costa*
Affiliation:
LABCAM, Departamento Ciências Biológicas—Faculdade de Ciências—UNESP, Bauru, SP, Brazil, Avenida Eng. Edmundo Carrijo Coube, s/n—Vargem Limpa, 17033-360, Brazil
Joaquim Olinto Branco
Affiliation:
Centro de Ensino em Ciências Tecnológicas da Terra e do Mar, UNIVALI. Caixa Postal 360, 88301-970, Itajaí, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Irecê Farina Machado
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Crustáceos Decapodos, Instituto de Oceanografia—Universidade Federal do Rio Grande—FURG, Km 8 Rio Grande (RS), 96201-900, Brazil
Bruno Ribeiro Campos
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Aqüicultura, Instituto de Oceanografia—Universidade Federal do Rio Grande—FURG, Km 8 Rio Grande (RS), 96201-900, Brazil
Marcelo Gentil Avila
Affiliation:
Centro de Ensino em Ciências Tecnológicas da Terra e do Mar, UNIVALI. Caixa Postal 360, 88301-970, Itajaí, Santa Catarina, Brazil
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: R. Caetano da Costa, LABCAM, Departamento Ciências, Biológicas—Faculdade de Ciências—UNESP, Bauru, SP, Brazil, Avenida Eng. Edmundo Carrijo Coube, s/n—Vargem Limpa, 17033-360, Brazil email: rccosta@fc.unesp.br

Abstract

Size at morphological sexual maturity, sex-ratio, and the seasonal variation in abundance of the shrimp Artemesia longinaris Bate, 1888 were assessed off Pinheira Beach, Palhoça, Santa Catarina southern Brazil. Shrimp were collected monthly from November 2003 through to October 2004, in two areas that are customarily used by local traditional fishermen (27°52′–27°51′S and 48°33′–48°29′W). Of the total of 1099 specimens measured, 23.93% were males and 76.07% females. Mean size at first maturity (LM50) was estimated as 56.38 mm total length (TL) for males, and 70.34 mm TL for females. Females were significantly larger than males. Abundance of juveniles varied seasonally. A high predominance of juveniles in the areas sampled occurred in winter for both sexes, and in spring for females. In the summer and autumn, we observed a decrease in juveniles in both areas, mainly, area II. We suggest that the differential migration pattern of sexes during the reproductive cycle was the principal reason for the larger catch of females. The classical paradigm of continuous reproduction at lower latitude, with increased seasonality of the breeding period at higher latitudes, seems to apply to this species.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2010

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