Macrobrachium (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae) in the Contiguous United States: A Review of the Species and an Assessment of Threats to Their Survival

Bowles, David E.; Knight, Charles; Aziz, Karim

doi:10.1163/20021975-99990025

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“…Mossolin and Bueno (2002) recorded smaller sizes than previous literature, at 57.0 mm for the largest female and 81.93 mm for the largest male. In this study, sizes were smaller than found by Bowles et al (2000), Ammar et al (2001), and Mossolin and Bueno (2002).…”

Section: Notes On Geographic Distributioncontrasting

confidence: 69%

“…Macrobrachium carcinus is included in the Red List of endangered invertebrate species in Brazil (Melo and Coelho 2008). The threats are mainly overfishing, habitat destruction, pollution, and construction of hydroelectric dams (Bowles 2000, Bauer 2011. Dams act as barriers that prevent the larvae of M. olfersii from migrating upstream in rivers.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The size of male specimens was between 17.96 and 60.18 mm; females 15.12 and 41.93 mm (CT), weighing between 0.046 and 2.386 g for males and 0.0292 and 0,655 g for females. Bowles et al (2000) recorded the largest male 90 mm long and ovigerous females between 30 and 65 mm, whereas Ammar et al (2001) found males from 20.10 to 93.0 mm, females ranging from 23 to 58.20 mm, and ovigerous females 21.20 to 60.0 mm. Mossolin and Bueno (2002) recorded smaller sizes than previous literature, at 57.0 mm for the largest female and 81.93 mm for the largest male.…”

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New records of Macrobrachium Spence Bate, 1868 (Decapoda, Palaemonidae) from the northern coast of Brazil

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Araújo²,

Nunes³

2017

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New records of Macrobrachium Spence Bate, 1868 (Decapoda, Palaemonidae) from the northern coast of Brazil

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Nunes³

2017

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“…This followed the trend of decreasing water velocity at lower reservoir locations where depths and crosssectional areas were greatest and velocities lowest. The greater abundance of prawns in low-velocity habitats is consistent with caridean shrimp use of low current velocities where they are known to inhabit rivers (Conaway and Hrabik 1997;Bowles et al 2000). Barko and Hrabik (2004) found both Ohio shrimp Macrobrachium ohione (Smith, 1874) and glass shrimp Palaemonetes kadiakensis Rathbun, 1902 in velocities averaging 10 cm s -1 in the Mississippi River, and Richardson and Cook (2006) observed the highest catch of Paratya australiensis Kemp, 1917 andCaridina mccullochi Roux, 1926 in velocities less than 22 cm s -1 in Australian rivers.…”

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Ecology of nonnative Siberian prawn (Palaemon modestus) in the lower Snake River, Washington, USA

Erhardt

Tiffan

2016

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We assessed the abundance, distribution, and ecology of the nonnative Siberian prawn Palaemon modestus in the lower Snake River, Washington, USA. Analysis of prawn passage abundance at three Snake River dams showed that populations are growing at exponential rates, especially at Little Goose Dam where over 464,000 prawns were collected in 2015. Monthly beam trawling during 2011-2013 provided information on prawn abundance and distribution in Lower Granite and Little Goose Reservoirs. Zero-inflated regression predicted that the probability of prawn presence increased with decreasing water velocity and increasing depth. Negative binomial models predicted higher catch rates of prawns in deeper water and in closer proximity to dams. Temporally, prawn densities decreased slightly in the summer, likely due to the mortality of older individuals, and then increased in autumn and winter with the emergence and recruitment of young of the year. Seasonal length frequencies showed that distinct juvenile and adult size classes exist throughout the year, suggesting prawns live from 1 to 2 years and may be able to reproduce multiple times during their life. Most juvenile prawns become reproductive adults in 1 year, and peak reproduction occurs from late July through October. Mean fecundity (189 eggs) and reproductive output (11.9 %) are similar to that in their native range. The current use of deep habitats by prawns likely makes them unavailable to most predators in the reservoirs. The distribution and role of Siberian prawns in the lower Snake River food web will probably continue to change as the population grows and warrants continued monitoring and investigation.

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“…There are more than 200 known species of the freshwater shrimp Macrobrachium that are widely distributed throughout the tropics and subtropics (Bowles et al, 2000;Jayachandran, 2001;De Grave et al, 2008). Most of these shrimp species have amphidromous life cycles that require the post-larvae to migrate upstream from estuaries to grow and reproduce in rivers and lakes.…”

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Winning the biodiversity arms race among freshwater gastropods: competition and coexistence through shell variability and predator avoidance

Covich¹

2010

Hydrobiologia

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Explanations for the coexistence of many closely related species in inland waters continue to be generated more than 50 years after Hutchinson's question: why are there so many kinds of animals? This review focuses on the hypothesis that high species diversity of freshwater gastropods results, in part, from predators maintaining biodiversity across a range of deep-and shallow-water habitats. Invertebrate predators, such as aquatic insects, and leeches consume soft tissue of pulmonate snails by penetrating shells of various shapes and sizes. Crayfish and large prawns chip around the shell aperture to enter thick shells and crush small shells with their mandibles. Crabs use their strong chelae to crush thin and thick shells. Fishes with pharyngeal teeth are major shell-breaking predators that combine with other vertebrate predators such as turtles and wading birds to increase the diversity of gastropod communities by regulating the abundance of dominant species. Although the generalized diets of most freshwater predators preclude tight co-evolutionary patterns of responses, there are combinations of predators that modify gastropod behavior and shell morphology in aquatic assemblages of different ages and depths. This combination of invertebrate and vertebrate predatory impacts led to competitive advantages among individual gastropods with different adaptations: (1) less vulnerable shell morphologies and sizes; (2) predatoravoidance behaviors; or (3) rapid and widespread dispersal with variable life histories. Some individuals develop thicker and/or narrow-opening shells or shells with spines and ridges. Other thin-shelled species crawl out of the water or burrow to lower their risk to shell-breaking or shell-entering predators. Some alter their age at first reproduction and grow rapidly into a size refuge. Fluctuations in water levels and introductions of non-native species can change competitive dominance relationships among gastropods and result in major losses of native species. Many different gastropod predators control species that are human disease vectors. Most snails and their predators provide other ecosystem services such as nutrient cycling and transfer of energy to higher trophic levels. Their persistence and diversity of native species require adaptive management and coordinated study.

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Macrobrachium (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae) in the Contiguous United States: A Review of the Species and an Assessment of Threats to Their Survival

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New records of Macrobrachium Spence Bate, 1868 (Decapoda, Palaemonidae) from the northern coast of Brazil

New records of Macrobrachium Spence Bate, 1868 (Decapoda, Palaemonidae) from the northern coast of Brazil

Ecology of nonnative Siberian prawn (Palaemon modestus) in the lower Snake River, Washington, USA

Winning the biodiversity arms race among freshwater gastropods: competition and coexistence through shell variability and predator avoidance

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Macrobrachium (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae) in the Contiguous United States: A Review of the Species and an Assessment of Threats to Their Survival

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New records of&nbsp;Macrobrachium&nbsp;Spence Bate, 1868 (Decapoda, Palaemonidae) from the northern coast of Brazil

New records of&nbsp;Macrobrachium&nbsp;Spence Bate, 1868 (Decapoda, Palaemonidae) from the northern coast of Brazil

Ecology of nonnative Siberian prawn (Palaemon modestus) in the lower Snake River, Washington, USA

Winning the biodiversity arms race among freshwater gastropods: competition and coexistence through shell variability and predator avoidance

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New records of Macrobrachium Spence Bate, 1868 (Decapoda, Palaemonidae) from the northern coast of Brazil

New records of Macrobrachium Spence Bate, 1868 (Decapoda, Palaemonidae) from the northern coast of Brazil