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Population analysis of the pink shrimp Pandalus montagui Leach, 1814 (Crustacea: Pandalidae) in Jade Bay (North Sea) indicates a link to the population at the Helgoland Trench

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The shrimp species Pandalus montagui is known for its seasonal, vertical migration due to its reproductive cycle. Previous work indicates that horizontal migration of this species is also evident. At the German Bight (North Sea), we observed possible offspring from its main population at the Helgoland Trench (HTR) inside Jade Bay. Samples were taken at different stations in Jade Bay and in the HTR. Alongside the measurement of the individual carapace lengths, the genders of P. montagui have been determined in order to compare both Jade Bay and HTR specimens according to their size and gender distributions. The results show a limited occurrence of P. montagui, mostly females, in Jade Bay, with a size distribution that broadly matches the size of the individuals from the HTR. These observations imply that, in the summer months especially, Jade Bay appears to be a suitable habitat for individuals of P. montagui not taking part in the reproductive cycle, as the animals of this small population offset are too young. As shown in earlier studies, it can be confirmed that females are generally larger than males at the same age.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to acknowledge all colleagues of the crustacean department at the Senckenberg Institute (Frankfurt am Main) and thank them for their support. Furthermore, we would like to thank the members of the project ‘Hydro-Jade’ performed by the department of Marine Sedimentology at Senckenberg by the Sea (Wilhelmshaven), who provided important temperature and salinity data.

Moreover, we especially thank Dr. Ingrid Kröncke and Dr. Ulrike Schückel from Senckenberg by the Sea in Wilhelmshaven, who provided abundant data of caught individuals of P. montagui in Jade Bay.

Not least of all, we also thank the crew and captains of the research cutter FK Senckenberg, enabling us to conduct this study with excellent working conditions at sea.

Authors’ contributions

Maike Sabel carried out the studies and drafted the manuscript. Michael Türkay conceived and supervised the study. Moritz Sonnewald participated in the design of the study and coordinated and helped to draft the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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  1. University of Bremen, Bibliothekstraße 1, 28359, Bremen, Germany

    Maike Sabel

  2. Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Michael Türkay & Moritz Sonnewald

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Sabel, M., Türkay, M. & Sonnewald, M. Population analysis of the pink shrimp Pandalus montagui Leach, 1814 (Crustacea: Pandalidae) in Jade Bay (North Sea) indicates a link to the population at the Helgoland Trench. Mar Biodiv 47, 913–919 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-016-0524-z

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