Studies of cadmium tolerance in two populations of grass shrimp,Palaemonetes pugio

1988 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abu T. Khan ◽  
Judith S. Weis ◽  
Lissane D'Andrea
Keyword(s):  
Grass Shrimp ◽  
Cadmium Tolerance ◽  
Palaemonetes Pugio ◽  
Two Populations

Compensatory partitioning of carbon budgets by the grass shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio) and implications for predator prey relationships

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-27
Author(s):  
Josh Stout ◽  
Gary Taghon
Keyword(s):  
New Jersey ◽  
Anthropogenic Impacts ◽  
Grass Shrimp ◽  
Carbon Assimilation ◽  
Carbon Budgets ◽  
Anthropogenic Contamination ◽  
Carbon Utilization ◽  
Palaemonetes Pugio ◽  
Near Shore ◽  
Two Populations

AbstractCarbon utilization and allocation were examined between two populations of shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio) to determine the possible effects of living in an area of high anthropogenic impact. Carbon assimilation has been studied in P. pugio, but no study has looked at how assimilation might be influenced by contaminants. Anthropogenic effects on carbon assimilation in grass shrimp represent a major unmeasured impact on the carbon budget of multi-cellular organisms in estuaries and near shore environments. The influence of anthropogenic contamination on carbon assimilation has implications for predicting the environmental impact of contaminants, for models of estuarine function, and trophic transfer from the dominant macroscopic detritus processor to species of direct economic importance. Shrimp budgets were compared between two populations, one from a highly polluted marsh creek system in Northern New Jersey, and one from a clean reference site in Southern New Jersey. All components of the carbon budgets were measured directly including carbon allocated to reproduction. Carbon lost to respiration was lower in shrimp from the polluted system allowing them to have increased reproductive output. This is examined in the context of previous studies that show lowered predation by a piscine predator at the polluted site, resulting in a trophic cascade and changes in ecosystem function due to anthropogenic impacts.

Effects of the anti-fouling herbicide Irgarol 1051 on two life stages of the grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio

2007 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter B. Key ◽  
Katy W. Chung ◽  
Jennifer Hoguet ◽  
Yelena Sapozhnikova ◽  
Michael H. Fulton
Keyword(s):  
Grass Shrimp ◽  
Life Stages ◽  
Palaemonetes Pugio ◽  
Irgarol 1051
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