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Crustacean Community Structures of Zostera japonica Population at Intertidal Zone in Tanabe Bay, Wakayama, Japan
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Uede, Takashi Takahashi, Yoshiaki Yamauchi, Makoto |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Abstract | Survey concerning crustacean community structure in Zostera japonica population was conducted by seine net once a month around neap low tide at daytime. There were 30 and 21 species in bare sandy shore and Z. japonica population, respectively. Numbers of individuals were 2,938 and 1,059, and wet weights were 162.2 and 9.3 g, respectively. At both sites, the communities declined in winter and reached their peak from summer to early autumn. Though most of the dominant species were common in both sites, the number of individuals, the body size and the time of appearance were different from each other. Especially, Penaeidae prawns and Palaemonidae shrimps dominated, but no species were all year round resident. Furthermore, most of the individuals of these species were immature and the body sizes in Z. japonica population were smaller than those in bare sandy shore. These results indicate that Z. japonica population provides a nursery habitat for these species on early stage of post-settlement life history. Furthermore, it is considered that the bare sandy shore in the vicinity of Z. japonica population functions as one of habitats for these species on subsequent stage of life history. |
| Starting Page | 351 |
| Ending Page | 361 |
| Page Count | 11 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.11233/aquaculturesci.59.351 |
| Volume Number | 59 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/aquaculturesci/59/3/59_351/_pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.11233/aquaculturesci.59.351 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
