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Distribution and abundance of larvae of Palaemon elegans (Decapoda) in the southern Baltic Sea

Dziaduch D.

Biuletyn Instytutu Morskiego w Gdańsku

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2016

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Vol. 31, No. 1

141--145

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The assessment of the appearance of non-indigenous species residing in benthic habitats are primarily based on knowledge obtained from their adult stage. However, most of benthic organisms have a planktonic larval stage during their early developmental phase and such a trait is believed to be behind their efficient large-scale spread. The prawn Palaemon elegans invaded into the western part of the Baltic Sea in the 1990s and by 2011 the species had colonized almost the whole sea. Currently, P. elegans has become the most common prawn species inhabiting coastal and open sea areas. The aim of this preliminary survey is to examine spatial distribution, abundance and dispersal ability of the larvae of P. elegans. Material for the studies was collected from the open waters of the southern Baltic Sea (the Gdańsk and Bornholm Basins and the Słupsk Furrow) in summers 2007 and 2008. Larvae (zoeal stages) and also postlarval stages of P. elegans were common in the whole study area and their densities were highest in the Bornholm Basin. Their maximum abundance reached up to 500 ind. · 1000 m-3 in August 2007. In the Słupsk Furrow and the Gdańsk Basin these prawns were found in much lower numbers (about 10 ind. · 1000 m-3). The current study indicates that the dispersal of the larvae of P. elegans with the water currents is one plausible mechanism of the large scale spread of this invasive species to the south-eastern coast of the Baltic Sea as well as, the study confirmed, that the new prawn has high reproductive potential.

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Kolonizowanie siedlisk bentosowych przez gatunki obce stwierdza się przede wszystkim po obecności ich form dorosłych. Większość organizmów bentosowych posiada w swoim cyklu życiowym postać larwalną i to na tym etapie rozwoju następuje efektywne i rozległe rozprzestrzenianie się gatunków obcych. Krewetka Palaemon elegans pojawiła się w zachodniej części Bałtyku w latach 90. XX wieku i do 2011 r. skolonizowała prawie całe morze. Obecnie, P. elegans jest najbardziej powszechnym gatunkiem krewetki zasiedlającym przybrzeżne i otwarte wody Bałtyku. Niniejsze badania wstępne mają na celu przedstawienie rozkładu przestrzennego, liczebności oraz możliwości rozprzestrzeniania się larw P. elegans . Materiał do badań zebrano z wód otwartych południowego Bałtyku (Basen Bornholmski, Rynna Słupska i Basen Gdański) latem 2007 i 2008 r. Larwy (stadia zoea) oraz postlarwy P. elegans były powszechne w całym rejonie badań, jednak najliczniej występowały w Basenie Bornholmskim. Ich maksymalna liczebność wyniosła 500 osob. · 1000 m-3 w sierpniu 2007 r. Krewetki te odnotowano również w Rynnie Słupskiej i Basenie Gdańskim, jednak w dużo niższej liczbie, około 10 osob. · 1000 m-3. Niniejsza praca potwierdziła, że rozprzestrzenianie się larw P. elegans na wielką skalę wraz z prądami morskimi ku południowo-wschodnim wybrzeżom Bałtyku oraz wysoki potencjał rozrodczy krewetki jest jednym ze sposobów kolonizacji Bałtyku przez ten inwazyjny gatunek.

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Body size and reproductive traits of Palaemon elegans Rathke, 1837 (Crustacea, Decapoda), a recent colonizer of the Baltic Sea

Janas U., Mańkucka A.

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

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2010

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Vol. 39, No.2

3-24

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Palaemon elegans is a species of prawn new (since 2000) to the southern Baltic. The aim of this study was to find out whether there are differences in the sizes of individuals and in the reproductive traits of P. elegans inhabiting different areas of the southern Baltic Sea and to compare the data obtained with existing data for populations from other coastal areas. The present study was carried out in the summers of 2005 and 2007 in three areas differing in their hydrological conditions (primarily in salinity): Puck Bay (PB), the Vistula Delta (VD) and the Vistula Lagoon (VL), Poland. The maximum body lengths of these prawns (females = 60 mm, males = 41 mm), and body masses (1201 mg and 533 mg respectively) found in the southern Baltic were less than those reported from many other parts of the geographical range of this species. The increase in body mass with length was the smallest in the prawns inhabiting VL, and the maximum lengths they grew to were also shorter (females – 52 mm and males – 39 mm) than in PB. The numbers of eggs carried by P. elegans in the southern Baltic were smaller than those found in females in its native regions. Differences were also found in the numbers and sizes of eggs between prawns inhabiting different locations in the southern Baltic. It was concluded that the low salinity of the southern Baltic Sea (even below 7 PSU), while not preventing this prawn from reproducing, caused a shift to the production of fewer but larger eggs. The reproductive strategy that Baltic populations of P. elegans has adopted is one of the factors responsible for its very rapid and large-scale colonization of the southern Baltic Sea.

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Energy values and energy resources of two prawns in Baltic coastal waters: the indigenous Palaemon adspersus and the non-indigenous Palaemon elegans

Janas U., Bruska O.

Oceanologia

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2010

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No. 52 (2)

281-297

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Until recently only two palaemonid species inhabited the southern Baltic: Palaemon adspersus and Palaemonetes varians. Soon after the year 2000 a new species - Palaemon elegans - arrived and quickly established itself as a new component in the trophic web. The objects of this research were to define the energy value and energy resources of P. elegans and to compare them with the corresponding values for the native P. adspersus. These parameters will supply information about this new link in the trophic web and may help to explain the part played by the new prawn and its population in the energy flow. This work demonstrated that the energy values of both prawn species were very much the same: the average energy value of P. elegans was 16.5š2.1 J mg-1 DW (19.3š2.5 J mg-1AFDW) (N = 150), that of P. adspersus was 16.7š2.1 J mg-1 DW (19.5š 2.5 J mg-1 AFDW) (N = 71). No statistically significant differences in energy value were found between the two species with respect to sex, size or season. The results show that P. elegans is an energetically valuable food item for predators. Its energy resources in Polish brackish coastal waters can be as high as 150 kJ m-2; the highest among the palaemonid species in this habitat, they constitute a rich supply of food for other organisms.

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What is the diet of Palaemon elegans Rathke, 1837 (Crustacea, Decapoda), a non-indigenous species in the Gulf of Gdańsk (southern Baltic Sea)?

Janas U., Barańska A.

Oceanologia

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2008

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No. 50 (2)

221-237

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Palaemon elegans, a new component of the Gulf of Gdańsk macrozoobenthos, colonised the southern Baltic coastal zone in the late 20th and early 21st century. Analysis of the stomach contents of P. elegans revealed 16 plant and animal taxa that these prawns had fed on. The principal dietary component was detritus, with a mean frequency of occurrence in stomachs of > 80%. The most frequently occurring plant components in the diet were algae from the genus Cladophora and the family Ectocarpaceae, while the most significant animal components were Harpacticoida, Chironomidae, Ostracoda and Gammarus spp. The results of the study show that the dietary composition of P. elegans differed significantly between stations and months. The foraging area consisted of two distinctive regions - the Inner Puck Bay, and the Outer Puck Bay together with the Dead Vistula River; two of the stations - Gdynia and Sopot - were distinct from all the others. However, no obvious seasonality in the food composition could be demonstrated.

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Palaemon elegans - a new component of the Gulf of Gdańsk macrofauna [commun.]

Janas U., Zarzycki T., Kozik P.

Oceanologia

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2004

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No. 46 (1)

143-146

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The present paper reports on the occurrence of the prawn Palaemon elegans Rathke in the coastal waters of the Gulf of Gdańsk in the years 2002-2003, and in other regions of the Baltic Sea as recorded by various authors.