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Spawning and recruitment of pink shrimp, Penaeus duorarum, off eastern Florida
Kennedy, F.S.; Barber, D.G. (1981). Spawning and recruitment of pink shrimp, Penaeus duorarum, off eastern Florida. J. Crust. Biol. 1(4): 474-485
In: Journal of Crustacean Biology. Crustacean Society: Washington. ISSN 0278-0372; e-ISSN 1937-240X, more
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Keywords
    Behaviour > Migrations
    Population functions > Recruitment
    Spawning
    Penaeus duorarum Burkenroad, 1939 [WoRMS]
    Marine/Coastal
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  • Kennedy, F.S.
  • Barber, D.G.
Abstract
    Fall and spring immigration of P. duorarum to 26 m and 40 m depths was observed during trawl surveys from January 1973 through December 1974 along Florida's northeast continental shelf. Histological examination of ovaries indicated year-round spawning with a primary spawning period during late spring and summer. Larval transport via the Florida Current and Gulf Stream from south Florida to Cape Canaveral and from Cape Canaveral to Cape Hatteras is suggested. Disjunct distribution of adult pink shrimp stocks along the southeastern Atlantic coast of the United States is most likely the result of disjunct occurrence of acceptable sediments (> 50% coarse carbonate sands) at suitable depths.
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