Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Biology of the mysid Mesopodopsis slabberi (van Beneden, 1861) (Crustacea, Mysidacea) in a coastal lagoon of the Ebro delta (NW Mediterranean)

  • Published:
Hydrobiologia Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Aspects of the population and reproductive biologyof the mysid Mesopodopsis slabberi were studiedin the western Mediterranean (Encanyissada coastallagoon, Ebre delta, Spain). Misids were sampling atmonthly intervals from August 1993 to June 1995. InDecember 1994 and February 1995 any individuals werefound. The relationship between carapace length (Lc)and total length (Lt) was isometric:logLt = 1.0612logLc + 0.9411 (n = 178,r = 0.9411). Thesize of mature males and females was at a maximum inthe winter, and a minimum in the summer. The longevityof individuals changed throughout the year; those withthe longest life expectancy were members of theoverwintering generation. Brooding females wererecorded throughout the year, except in December 1993and April 1994; they were most numerous in spring andautumn. The number of embryos or larvae (N) carried byfemales was related to the size of the females (range:1–22, mean value: 4.8): logN = 1.8705logLc−0.0985(n = 361, r = 0.4097, P < 0.01). Thesize of the eggs(maximum diameter, Le) was related to the size of thefemales (range: 0.35–0.6 mm in total length):logLe = 0.3404logLc−0.4820 (n = 277, r = 0.5420, P < 0.01).

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Bacesco, M., 1941. Les Mysidacés des eaux roumaines. Trav. Stat. Zool. Mar. Agigea 5: 453-804.

    Google Scholar 

  • Bamber, R. N. & P. A. Henderson, 1994. Seasonality of caridean decapod andmysid distribution andmovements within the Severn Estuary and Bristol Channel. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 51: 83-91.

    Google Scholar 

  • Chinchilla, M. & F. A. Comín, 1977. Contribució al coneixement dels crustacis del delta de l'Ebre. Treb. Inst. Cat. Hist. Nat. 8: 119-144.

    Google Scholar 

  • Comín, F. A., 1982. Seasonal changes of phytoplankton inthree coastal lagoons of the Ebro Delta in relation to environmental factors. Oceanol. Acta 4: 259-267.

    Google Scholar 

  • Comín, F. A., 1984. Características físicas y químicas y fitoplancton de las lagunas costeras, Encañizada, Tancada y Buda (Delta del Ebro). Oecologia aquat 7: 79-162.

    Google Scholar 

  • Comín, F. A., M. Menéndez & J. R. Lucena, 1990. Proposals for macrophyte restoration in eutrophic coastal lagoons. Hydrobiologia 200/201: 427-436.

    Google Scholar 

  • Gomoiu, M. T., 1978. Qualitative data concerning the distribution and ecology of the Mesopodopsis slabberi(van Beneden) of the Danube Riber mouth area. Cercet. mar. 11: 103-112.

    Google Scholar 

  • Goodbody, I., 1965. Continuous breeding in populations of two tropical crustaceans, Mysidium columbiae(Zimmer) and Emerita portoricensisSchmidt. Ecology 46: 195-197.

    Google Scholar 

  • Greenwood, J. G, M. B. Jones & J. Greenwood, 1989. Salinity effects on brood maturation of the mysid crustacean Mesopodopsis slabberi. J. mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 69: 683-694.

    Google Scholar 

  • Jerling, H. L. & T. H. Wooldridge, 1995. Feeding of two mysids species on plankton in a temperate South African estuary. J. exp. mar. Biol. Ecol. 188: 243-259.

    Google Scholar 

  • Macquart-Moulin, C., 1965. Les Mysidacés bentho-planctoniques du golfe de Marseille. Rec. Trav. Sta. mar. Endoume 54: 129- 253.

    Google Scholar 

  • Mauchline, J., 1965. Breeding and fecundity of Praunus inermis (Crustacea, Mysidacea). J. mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 45: 663-671.

    Google Scholar 

  • Mauchline, J., 1971a. The biology of Neomysis integer(Crustacea, Mysidacea). J. mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 51: 347-354.

    Google Scholar 

  • Mauchline, J., 1971b. The biology of Schistomysis kervillei(Crustacea, Mysidacea). J. mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 51: 653-658.

    Google Scholar 

  • Mauchline, J., 1973. The broods of British Mysidacea (Crustacea). J. mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 53: 801-817.

    Google Scholar 

  • Mauchline, J., 1980. The biology of Mysids and Euphausiids. In Blaxter, J. H. S., F. S. Russell & M. Yonge (eds), Advances in Marine Biology, 18. Academic Press, London, 681 pp.

    Google Scholar 

  • Mauchline, J., 1985. Growth in mysids and euphausiids. In Wenner, A. M. (ed.), Factors in adult growth, Crustacean issues 3. A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam: 337-354.

    Google Scholar 

  • Moffat, A. M. & M. B. Jones, 1993. Correlation of the distribution of Mesopodopsis slabberi(Crustacea, Mysidacea) with physicochemical gradients in a partiallymixted estuary (Tamar, England). Netherlands J. aquat. Ecol. 27: 155-162.

    Google Scholar 

  • Morgan, M. D., 1985. Growth and its relationship to reproduction in Mysis relicta. In Wenner, A. M. (ed.), Factors in Adult Growth, Crustacean Issues 3, A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam: 235-250.

    Google Scholar 

  • Nair, K. B., 1939. The reproduction, oogenesis and development of Mesopodopsis orientalisTatt. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 9: 175-223.

    Google Scholar 

  • Pezzack, D. S. & S. Corey, 1979. The life history and distribution of Neomysis americana(Smith) (Crustacea, Mysidacea) in Passamaquody Bay. Can. J. Zool. 57: 785-793.

    Google Scholar 

  • Pillai, N. K., 1968. A revision of the genus MesopodopsisCzerniavsky (Crustacea: Mysidacea). J. zool. Soc. India 20: 6-24.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ruiz, I., 1995. Biología y ecología trófica de Pomatoschistus microps (Kroyer, 1838) en el Delta del Ebro. Ph.D. thesis. Universitat de Barcelona. Barcelona.

    Google Scholar 

  • SanVicente, C. & J. C. Sorbe, 1993. Biologie du Mysidacé suprabenthique Schistomysis parkeriNorman, 1892 dans la zone sud du Golfe de Gascogne (plage d'Hendaye). Crustaceana 65: 222-252.

    Google Scholar 

  • San Vicente, C. & J. C. Sorbe, 1995. Biology of the suprabenthic mysid Schistomysis spiritus(Norman, 1860) in the southeastern part of the Bay of Biscay. Sci. Mar. 59: 71-86.

    Google Scholar 

  • San Vicente, C., 1996. Contribución al conocimiento de las comunidades y poblaciones suprabentónicas en hábitats seleccionados del litoral del Golfo de Vizcaya y del Mediterraneo noroccidental. Ph.D. thesis. Universitat de Barcelona. Barcelona, 455 pp.

    Google Scholar 

  • Sastry, A. N., 1983. Ecological aspects of reproduction. In Bliss, D. E. (ed.), The Biology of Crustacea, 8. F. J. Vernberg & W. B. Vernberg (eds), Environmental Adaptations. Academic Press, New York: 179-270.

    Google Scholar 

  • Tattersall, W. M. & O. S. Tattersall, 1951. The British Mysidacea. R. Soc., London, 460 pp.

  • Webb, P., R. Perissinotto & T. H. Wooldridge, 1987. Feeding of Mesopodopsis slabberi(Crustacea, Mysidacea) on naturally occuring phytoplankton. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 38: 115-123.

    Google Scholar 

  • Webb, P. & T. H. Wooldridge, 1989. Diet elucidation: Supplementary inferences from mysid feeding appendage morphology. S. Afr. J. Zool. 24: 106-109.

    Google Scholar 

  • Webb, P. & T. H. Wooldridge, 1990. Diel horizontal migration of Mesopodopsis slabberi(Crustacea: Mysidacea) in Algoa Bay, southern Africa. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 62: 73-78.

    Google Scholar 

  • Wigley, R. L. & B. R. Burns, 1971. Distribution and biology of mysids (Crustacea: Mysidacea) from the Atlantic coast of the United States in the NMFS Woods Hole collection. Fish. Bull. 69: 717-746.

    Google Scholar 

  • Wittmann, K. J., 1984. Ecophysiology of marsupial development and reproduction inMysidacea (Crustacea). Oceanogr.Mar. Biol. Annu. Rev. 22: 393-428.

    Google Scholar 

  • Wittmann, K. J., 1992. Morphogeographic variations in the genus MesopodopsisCzerniavsky with descriptions of three newspecies (Crustacea, Mysidacea). Hydrobiologia 241: 71-89.

    Google Scholar 

  • Wooldridge, T. H., 1983. Ecology of beach and surfzone mysid shrimps in the eastern Cape, South Africa. In McLachlan, A. & T. Erasmus (eds), Sandy Beaches and Ecosystems. Dr W. Junk Publishers, The Hague: 449-460.

    Google Scholar 

  • Wooldridge, T. H. & P. Webb, 1988. Predator-prey interactions between two species of estuarine mysid shrimps. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 50: 21-28.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Departament de Biologia Animal (Secció Artròpodes), Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Avinguda Diagonal 645, 08028, Barcelona, Spain

    L. Delgado, G. Guerao & C. Ribera

Authors
  1. L. Delgado
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. G. Guerao
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. C. Ribera
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Delgado, L., Guerao, G. & Ribera, C. Biology of the mysid Mesopodopsis slabberi (van Beneden, 1861) (Crustacea, Mysidacea) in a coastal lagoon of the Ebro delta (NW Mediterranean). Hydrobiologia 357, 27–35 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1003118332417

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1003118332417

Search

Navigation