Larval dispersion of the estuarine crab Neohelice granulata
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- 作者：Claudia Bas ; Tomá ; s Luppi ; Eduardo Spivak ; Laura Schejter
- 关键词：larval dispersion ; coastal waters ; Zoeae ; megalopae ; Neohelice granulata ; Argentina ; 57.2° ; W ; 37.8° ; S
- 刊名：Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
- 出版年：2009
- 出版时间：1 August 2009
- 年：2009
- 卷：83
- 期：4
- 页码：569-576
- 全文大小：465 K
文摘
The estuarine brachyuran crab Neohelice granulata export their larvae from the parental intertidal population of the Mar Chiquita coastal lagoon, and probably other populations, to marine waters. The degree of larval dispersion or self-recruitment of populations is unknown. We evaluated the presence of all larval stages of N. granulata in coastal waters of Argentina between 37.9° and 35.8° S, at two different spatial scales: a broad scale of tens to hundreds of kilometers from the Río de la Plata estuary in the north, to Mar Chiquita lagoon in the south, and a small scale of hundreds of meters to some kilometers around the mouth of Mar Chiquita, during spring and summer. Additionally, we registered the larval composition and density at San Clemente creek population, in Samborombon Bay (Río de la Plata estuary), every 3 h along a 30-hour period. Evidence indicates that larval release of N. granulata is temporally synchronized with nocturnal ebb tides and all development from Zoea I to Zoea IV occur in areas close to the parental population, even with very different oceanographic characteristics. A possible mechanism based on salinity selection and wind-driven transport is proposed for such behavior, and some considerations related to the connectivity of present populations are made.