Presence of Palaemon macrodactylus in a European estuary: evidence for a successful invasion of the Gironde (SW France)
Beguer, M.; Bergé, J.; Martin, J.; Martinet, J.; Pauliac, G.; Girardin, M.; Boët, P. (2011). Presence of Palaemon macrodactylus in a European estuary: evidence for a successful invasion of the Gironde (SW France). Aquat. Invasions 6(3): 401-418. http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/ai.2011.6.3.07
In: Aquatic Invasions. Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre (REABIC): Helsinki. ISSN 1798-6540; e-ISSN 1818-5487, more
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Interactions
Life history
Taxa > Species > Introduced species
Water bodies > Coastal waters > Coastal landforms > Coastal inlets > Estuaries
Palaemon longirostris H. Milne Edwards, 1837 [WoRMS]; Palaemon macrodactylus Rathbun, 1902 [WoRMS]
Brackish water |
| Author keywords |
Invasion; interaction; Palaemon macrodactylus; Palaemon longirostris;life history traits; estuary |
| Authors | | Top |
- Beguer, M.
- Bergé, J.
- Martin, J.
- Martinet, J.
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- Pauliac, G.
- Girardin, M.
- Boët, P.
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| Abstract |
Palaemon macrodactylus, an exotic shrimp native to the northwest Pacific Ocean, has been recorded in many estuaries along theAtlantic coast of Europe since the late 1990’s. In this study, a regular monthly survey, held since 1992 of the middle section of theGironde estuary, revealed this species’ rapid and full colonization of the system since its appearance in samples during summer 1998. In the Gironde, the population of P. macrodactylus is self-sustaining and the species is now established there. Our study highlights two important elements that might explain its successful colonization: its ability to quickly invade a niche under-exploited by the similar native species and its greater reproductive output. The species’spatio-temporal distribution in relation to environmental variables was studied and compared with that of the native species P. longirostris. The exotic species was shown to mainly inhabit the polyhaline and mesohaline section of the estuary, which are sections generally under-exploited by females of the native species. Furthermore, fecundity analysis and larval abundance survey results revealed a higher potential fecundity and a greater proportion of larvae and juvenile stages for P. macrodactylus in the natural environment. |
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