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Effects of Parasitism and Temperature on Salinity Tolerance of the Kelp Shrimp Eualus suckleyi
Author(s) -
Moles Adam,
Pella Jerome J.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1984)113<354:eopato>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - shrimp , salinity , kelp , acclimatization , biology , litopenaeus , parasitism , temperature salinity diagrams , crustacean , fishery , range (aeronautics) , isopoda , ecology , zoology , materials science , composite material , host (biology)
Mortality of the kelp shrimp Eualus suckleyi was determined over a range of salinity and temperature combinations in the laboratory. At every acclimation temperature, mortality increased with a decrease in salinity. Kelp shrimp acclimated to 4 C tolerated salinity shocks better than animals acclimated to higher or lower temperatures. Parasitism by the bopyrid isopod Bopyroides hippolytes reduced tolerance to salinity change over the range of temperatures examined. Received November 8, 1982 Accepted March 20, 1984