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The distribution of freshwater shrimps (Atyidae and Palaemonidae) in Jamaica

The distribution of freshwater shrimps (Atyidae and Palaemonidae) in Jamaica Abstract The distribution of freshwater shrimps in Jamaica is presented. Atya innocous, Atya lanipes, Atya scabra, Micratya poeyi and Macrobrachium heterochirus were found only in the high-gradient streams characteristic of eastern and north-eastern parishes. Macrobrachium acanthurus, Jonga serrei, and Potimirim mexicana were found only in the low-gradient streams characteristic of western and southwestern parishes. Macrobrachium faustinum, Macrobrachium carcinus, and Xiphocaris elongata were distributed throughout Jamaica. Oxygen, temperature, and current speed were the physical features of the streams most likely influencing this distribution. It was observed that species in high-gradient streams had larvae which required high salinity for development, and those in low-gradient streams had larvae with low salinity requirements. It is argued that larval salinity preferences during the marine planktonic stage of the life history could allow larvae to select an appropriate river prior to its being invaded by juveniles. REFERENCES Ayers , J. C. 1956 . Population dynamics of the marine clam Mya arenaria . Limnology and Oceanography , 1 ( 1 ): 26 – 36 . Google Scholar Crossref Search ADS WorldCat Banse , K. 1964 . On the vertical distribution of zooplankton in the sea . Progress in Oceanography , 2 : 56 – 125 . Google Scholar Crossref Search ADS WorldCat Chace Fenner , A. & Hobbs Horton , H. 1969 . The freshwater and terrestrial decapod crustaceans of the West Indies with special reference to Dominica . Bulletin. United States National Museum , 292 : 1 – 258 . Google Scholar Crossref Search ADS WorldCat Choudhury , P. C. 1971a . Responses of larval Macrobrachium carcinus (L.) to variations in salinity and diet (Decapoda, Palaemonidae) . Crustaceana , 20 ( 2 ): 113 – 120 . Google Scholar Crossref Search ADS WorldCat Choudhury , P. C. 1971b . Laboratory rearing of larvae of the palaemonid shrimps Macrobrachium acanthurus (Wiegmann) . Crustaceana , 21 ( 2 ): 113 – 126 . Google Scholar Crossref Search ADS WorldCat Colwell , Robert K. 1973 . Competition and coexistence in a simple tropical community . American Naturalist , 107 : 737 – 760 . Google Scholar Crossref Search ADS WorldCat Dingle , H. 1972 . Migration strategies of insects . Science , 175 : 1327 – 1335 . Google Scholar Crossref Search ADS PubMed WorldCat Hart , C. W. 1961b . The freshwater shrimps (Atyidae and Palaemonidae) of Jamaica, W. I.; with a discussion of their relation to the ancient geography of the Western Caribbean area . Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia , 113 : 61 – 80 . OpenURL Placeholder Text WorldCat Haskin , H. H. 1964 . The distribution of oyster larvae . Occasional Publications of Narraganset Marine Laboratory, University of Rhode Island , 2 : 76 – 80 . OpenURL Placeholder Text WorldCat Hunte , Wayne 1975 . Atya lanipes Holthuis in Jamaica, including taxonomic notes and a description of the first Iarval stage (Decapoda, Atyidae) . Crustaceana , 28 ( 1 ): 66 – 72 . Google Scholar Crossref Search ADS WorldCat Hunte , Wayne 1976 . Biological Studies of Freshwater Shrimps (Atyidae and Palaemonidae) in Jamaica. Ph.D. Thesis. Zoology Dept., University of the West Indies. Hunte , Wayne In press. The rediscovery of Macrobrachium crenulatum Holthuis in Jamaica (Decapoda, Palaemonidae) , Studies of the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands. OpenURL Placeholder Text WorldCat Klopfer , P. H. 1959 . Environmental determinants of faunal diversity . American Naturalist , 93 : 337 – 342 . Google Scholar Crossref Search ADS WorldCat Lewis, John , B. & Ward , Jonet 1965 . Developmental stages of the palaemonid shrimp Macrobrachium carcinus (L.) . Crustaceana , 9 ( 2 ): 137 – 148 . Google Scholar Crossref Search ADS WorldCat Macarthur , R. 1972 . Geographical Ecology: Patterns in the Distribution of Species. New York : Harper and Row . Google Scholar Google Preview OpenURL Placeholder Text WorldCat COPAC Mileikovsky , S. A. 1965 . Larvae (mainly of Polychaeta and Gastropoda) and Spawning Ecology of Marine Bottom Invertebrates with Pelagic Development on the example of Barents, White and Norweigian Seas and Gulf Stream . Ph.D. Thesis, Institi. of Oceanology Acad. Sci. U.S.S.R., Manuscript 2143. Munro , J. L. , Jones , A. C. & Dimitriou , D. 1968 . Abundance and distribution of the larvae of the pink shrimp (Paenus duoarum) on the Tortugas shelf of Florida, August 1962-October 1964 . Fishery Bulletin. Fish and Wildlife Service. United States Department of the Interior , 67 ( 1 ): 165 – 181 . OpenURL Placeholder Text WorldCat Ortmann Arnold , E. 1894 . A study of the systematic and geographical distribution of the decapod family Atyidae Kingsley . Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia , 1894 : 397 – 416 . OpenURL Placeholder Text WorldCat Pianka Eric , R. 1966 . Latitudinal gradients in species diversity: A review of concepts . American Naturalist , 100 : 33 – 46 . Google Scholar Crossref Search ADS WorldCat Pritchard , D. W. 1953 . Distribution of oyster larvae in relation to hydrographic conditions . Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute , 5 : 123 – 132 . OpenURL Placeholder Text WorldCat Sanders , H. L. 1968 . Marine benthic diversity: A comparative study . American Naturalist , 102 : 243 – 282 . Google Scholar Crossref Search ADS WorldCat Sanders , H. L. 1969 . Benthic marine diversity and the stability time hypothesis. In Diversity and Stability in Ecological Systems . Brookhaven Symposia in Biologis , 22 . OpenURL Placeholder Text WorldCat Slobdokin , L. & Sanders , H. L. 1969 . On the contribution of environmental predictability to species diversity. In Diversity and Stability in Ecological Systems . Brookhaven Symposia in Biology , 22 . OpenURL Placeholder Text WorldCat Strathmann , Richard 1974 . The spread of sibling larvae of sedimentary marine invertebrates . American Naturalist , 108 : 29 – 44 . Google Scholar Crossref Search ADS WorldCat Thorson , G. 1963 . Fight and competition on the sea bed . In Undersea Challenge : 22 – 32 , 48–49. London : British Sub-Aqua Club . Google Scholar Google Preview OpenURL Placeholder Text WorldCat COPAC This content is only available as a PDF. © 1978 The Linnean Society of London http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society Oxford University Press

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Abstract The distribution of freshwater shrimps in Jamaica is presented. Atya innocous, Atya lanipes, Atya scabra, Micratya poeyi and Macrobrachium heterochirus were found only in the high-gradient streams characteristic of eastern and north-eastern parishes. Macrobrachium acanthurus, Jonga serrei, and Potimirim mexicana were found only in the low-gradient streams characteristic of western and southwestern parishes. Macrobrachium faustinum, Macrobrachium carcinus, and Xiphocaris elongata were distributed throughout Jamaica. Oxygen, temperature, and current speed were the physical features of the streams most likely influencing this distribution. It was observed that species in high-gradient streams had larvae which required high salinity for development, and those in low-gradient streams had larvae with low salinity requirements. It is argued that larval salinity preferences during the marine planktonic stage of the life history could allow larvae to select an appropriate river prior to its being invaded by juveniles. REFERENCES Ayers , J. C. 1956 . Population dynamics of the marine clam Mya arenaria . Limnology and Oceanography , 1 ( 1 ): 26 – 36 . Google Scholar Crossref Search ADS WorldCat Banse , K. 1964 . On the vertical distribution of zooplankton in the sea . Progress in Oceanography , 2 : 56 – 125 . Google Scholar Crossref Search ADS WorldCat Chace Fenner , A. & Hobbs Horton , H. 1969 . The freshwater and terrestrial decapod crustaceans of the West Indies with special reference to Dominica . Bulletin. United States National Museum , 292 : 1 – 258 . Google Scholar Crossref Search ADS WorldCat Choudhury , P. C. 1971a . Responses of larval Macrobrachium carcinus (L.) to variations in salinity and diet (Decapoda, Palaemonidae) . Crustaceana , 20 ( 2 ): 113 – 120 . Google Scholar Crossref Search ADS WorldCat Choudhury , P. C. 1971b . Laboratory rearing of larvae of the palaemonid shrimps Macrobrachium acanthurus (Wiegmann) . Crustaceana , 21 ( 2 ): 113 – 126 . Google Scholar Crossref Search ADS WorldCat Colwell , Robert K. 1973 . Competition and coexistence in a simple tropical community . American Naturalist , 107 : 737 – 760 . Google Scholar Crossref Search ADS WorldCat Dingle , H. 1972 . Migration strategies of insects . Science , 175 : 1327 – 1335 . Google Scholar Crossref Search ADS PubMed WorldCat Hart , C. W. 1961b . The freshwater shrimps (Atyidae and Palaemonidae) of Jamaica, W. I.; with a discussion of their relation to the ancient geography of the Western Caribbean area . Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia , 113 : 61 – 80 . OpenURL Placeholder Text WorldCat Haskin , H. H. 1964 . The distribution of oyster larvae . Occasional Publications of Narraganset Marine Laboratory, University of Rhode Island , 2 : 76 – 80 . OpenURL Placeholder Text WorldCat Hunte , Wayne 1975 . Atya lanipes Holthuis in Jamaica, including taxonomic notes and a description of the first Iarval stage (Decapoda, Atyidae) . Crustaceana , 28 ( 1 ): 66 – 72 . Google Scholar Crossref Search ADS WorldCat Hunte , Wayne 1976 . Biological Studies of Freshwater Shrimps (Atyidae and Palaemonidae) in Jamaica. Ph.D. Thesis. Zoology Dept., University of the West Indies. Hunte , Wayne In press. The rediscovery of Macrobrachium crenulatum Holthuis in Jamaica (Decapoda, Palaemonidae) , Studies of the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands. OpenURL Placeholder Text WorldCat Klopfer , P. H. 1959 . Environmental determinants of faunal diversity . American Naturalist , 93 : 337 – 342 . Google Scholar Crossref Search ADS WorldCat Lewis, John , B. & Ward , Jonet 1965 . Developmental stages of the palaemonid shrimp Macrobrachium carcinus (L.) . Crustaceana , 9 ( 2 ): 137 – 148 . Google Scholar Crossref Search ADS WorldCat Macarthur , R. 1972 . Geographical Ecology: Patterns in the Distribution of Species. New York : Harper and Row . Google Scholar Google Preview OpenURL Placeholder Text WorldCat COPAC Mileikovsky , S. A. 1965 . Larvae (mainly of Polychaeta and Gastropoda) and Spawning Ecology of Marine Bottom Invertebrates with Pelagic Development on the example of Barents, White and Norweigian Seas and Gulf Stream . Ph.D. Thesis, Institi. of Oceanology Acad. Sci. U.S.S.R., Manuscript 2143. Munro , J. L. , Jones , A. C. & Dimitriou , D. 1968 . Abundance and distribution of the larvae of the pink shrimp (Paenus duoarum) on the Tortugas shelf of Florida, August 1962-October 1964 . Fishery Bulletin. Fish and Wildlife Service. United States Department of the Interior , 67 ( 1 ): 165 – 181 . OpenURL Placeholder Text WorldCat Ortmann Arnold , E. 1894 . A study of the systematic and geographical distribution of the decapod family Atyidae Kingsley . Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia , 1894 : 397 – 416 . OpenURL Placeholder Text WorldCat Pianka Eric , R. 1966 . Latitudinal gradients in species diversity: A review of concepts . American Naturalist , 100 : 33 – 46 . Google Scholar Crossref Search ADS WorldCat Pritchard , D. W. 1953 . Distribution of oyster larvae in relation to hydrographic conditions . Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute , 5 : 123 – 132 . OpenURL Placeholder Text WorldCat Sanders , H. L. 1968 . Marine benthic diversity: A comparative study . American Naturalist , 102 : 243 – 282 . Google Scholar Crossref Search ADS WorldCat Sanders , H. L. 1969 . Benthic marine diversity and the stability time hypothesis. In Diversity and Stability in Ecological Systems . Brookhaven Symposia in Biologis , 22 . OpenURL Placeholder Text WorldCat Slobdokin , L. & Sanders , H. L. 1969 . On the contribution of environmental predictability to species diversity. In Diversity and Stability in Ecological Systems . Brookhaven Symposia in Biology , 22 . OpenURL Placeholder Text WorldCat Strathmann , Richard 1974 . The spread of sibling larvae of sedimentary marine invertebrates . American Naturalist , 108 : 29 – 44 . Google Scholar Crossref Search ADS WorldCat Thorson , G. 1963 . Fight and competition on the sea bed . In Undersea Challenge : 22 – 32 , 48–49. London : British Sub-Aqua Club . Google Scholar Google Preview OpenURL Placeholder Text WorldCat COPAC This content is only available as a PDF. © 1978 The Linnean Society of London

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