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Size and temperature-dependent variations in intermolt duration and size increment at molt of Northern Shrimp, Pandalus borealis

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Growth of Pandalus borealis post-larval stages was measured in relation to size and temperature. Growth characteristics, including intermolt period (IP), molt increment (MI) in size and mass, and tissue allocation in juvenile, male, and female shrimp, were evaluated at 2, 5, and 8°C, the temperature range where this species is generally found in the Northwest Atlantic. Significant variations in growth were associated with temperature and shrimp size. IP (days) increased significantly with shrimp size and was inversely related to temperature. Size (cephalothorax length in mm) and temperature effects were best described by IP = 10(0.67 log(CL) − 0.06 T − 1.34). The pronounced effect of temperature on IP while MIS changed little indicated that the main influence of temperature on growth rate of P. borealis was through IP. Specific growth rate (SGRS) decreased rapidly with size to near zero values in females. Overall, juveniles were much more sensitive to temperature variations than adults, suggesting that temperatures encountered during the juvenile stage will largely influence the growth trajectory of the population.

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Acknowledgments

We are very grateful to L. Savard for instigating the research program on shrimp from which funding was obtained. Funds were provided by the department of Fisheries and Oceans under the Science strategic fund program on Growth and Recruitment of Northern Shrimp and by the shrimp fishermen associations of Quebec and New-Brunswick under the DFO-Group B Fishermen co-management agreement. Assistance from M. Peloquin in the design and construction of the experimental setup is gratefully acknowledged. We thank H. Dionne, S. Labrie, I. Bérudé, D, Smith, and C. Element-Boulianne for their help in conducting the experiments. We are very grateful to B. Sainte-Marie and two anonymous reviewers for helpful comments on an earlier version of the paper. Special thanks to J. Plourde for his great help with analyses using SAS. All experiments were conducted in compliance with the current laws of the Canadian Council on Animal Care.

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  1. Institut des Sciences de la Mer de Rimouski, Université du Québec à Rimouski, 310 des Ursulines, Rimouski, QC, G5L 3A1, Canada

    Dounia Daoud & Céline Audet

  2. Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Institut Maurice-Lamontagne, 850 route de la mer, Mont-Joli, QC, G5H 3Z4, Canada

    Dounia Daoud, Yvan Lambert & Denis Chabot

  3. Coastal Zones Research Institute Inc, 232B av. de l’Église, Shippagan, NB, E8S 1J2, Canada

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Daoud, D., Lambert, Y., Audet, C. et al. Size and temperature-dependent variations in intermolt duration and size increment at molt of Northern Shrimp, Pandalus borealis . Mar Biol 157, 2655–2666 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-010-1526-1

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