| Title: | Seasonal abundance, vertical distribution and life history traits of Mediterranean mud shrimp Upogebia pusilla (Decapoda: Gebiidea) on the Slovenian coast |
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| Authors: | ID Jugovic, Jure (Author)
ID Horvat, Eva (Author)
ID Lipej, Lovrenc (Author) |
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| Language: | English |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: |  NIB - National Institute of Biology
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| Abstract: | We studied seasonal abundance, vertical distribution and life history traits of the Mediterranean
mud shrimp (Upogebia pusilla) in the mediolittoral zone in Slovenia. At two localities (Strunjan and
Lazaret), quantitative samples from three plots (1 m2
each) at (0 cm), below (-50 cm) and above
(+50 cm) mean water level were taken once every two months, in alternation. A set of parameters
was also recorded, including vegetation cover, sediment type, air and sea temperature, pH, salinity
and oxygen levels. Highest abundance was recorded during the warm period of the year, with peak
abundance in June 2012 (21 % of total sample). Lowest plots were always occupied with the highest
densities of mud shrimps. Males dominated during the winter while ovigerous females reached the
peak in June (>40 % of all animals). In June at least 2/3 of females were ovigerous. Estimated mean
incubation period was 31 days. We determined four periods in relation to the species’ reproductive
activity. Early reproductive period (April) was characterised by emergence of first ovigerous
females, while main reproductive period (May–July) was characterised by peak of reproduction.
In post-reproductive (August–October), and non-reproductive (November–March) periods, no
ovigerous females or newly hatched offspring were recorded. |
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| Keywords: | abiotic factors, abundance, spatial variation, temporal variation |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Publication date: | 01.06.2017 |
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| Year of publishing: | 2017 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 297-312 |
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| Numbering: | Vol. 58, no. 2 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DiRROS-19813  |
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| UDC: | 591.5 |
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| ISSN on article: | 0001-5113 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 4561999 |
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| Note: | Besedilo samo v angl.;
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| Publication date in DiRROS: | 25.07.2024 |
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