| SourceID | 20316 |
| Name | Meager J.J., Vance D.J., Williamson I. & Loneragan N.R. (2003). Microhabitat distribution of juvenile Penaeus merguiensis de Man and other epibenthic crustaceans within a mangrove forest in subtropical Australia. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology., 294, 2, pp. 127-144. |
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| Note | Ant'Phipoda Literature database |
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| Abstract | The distribution of juvenile Penaeus (Fenneropenaeus) merguiensis de Man and other epibenthic
crustaceans in different microhabitats within a riverine mangrove forest was examined in subtropical
eastern Australia. Catches in vegetated and cleared microhabitats were compared at sites located in
mangroves on the creek edge (1–2 m into the forest) and the inner forest (a further 14–22 m into the
forest). Crustaceans were sampled using 33 m lift nets that were activated at the top of spring
flood tides between March and May 2000. The abundance of P. merguiensis in the adjacent creek
was also monitored during both high and low tides using a small beam trawl. A large size range of P.
merguiensis was caught in the mangrove forest (2–13.5 mm carapace length) and the maximum
density recorded was 1 prawn m 2. Catches of P. merguiensis were significantly higher at the creek
edge than at the inner forest sites. Catches did not differ significantly between vegetated and cleared
microhabitats, but catches were highly variable within microhabitats. This result was attributed to the
very high activity levels of P. merguiensis and suggests that detecting differences between
microhabitats used by prawns in the field would require a large number of samples. Substantial
numbers of Acetes sibogae australis (Hansen), Macrobrachium novaehollandiae (de Man) and
Metapenaeus bennettae (Racek and Dall) also entered the forest and catches of these species
followed a similar pattern to those for P. merguiensis, i.e. catches were higher at the creek edge than
the inner forest, did not differ between microhabitats and were highly variable within a microhabitat. |
Bibliographical
terms | Benthos
Ecology
Spacial and ecological distribution, Zonation, Microdistribution
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Taxonomic
term | Decapoda
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Distributions
(2) | Mosquito Creek for Aegiceras corniculatum (L.) Blanco
Mosquito Creek for Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh.
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