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Amino and fatty acid dynamics of Lysmata seticaudata (Decapoda: Hippolytidae) embryos during early and late reproductive season

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The present study investigates amino and fatty acid dynamics of embryos of different-sized simultaneous hermaphrodite shrimp (SH) (Lysmata seticaudata) during early (ERS) and late reproductive seasons (LRS). A significant relative decrease in total amino acids and essential amino acids (EAA) was recorded (P<0.05) during the development of embryos produced by shrimp collected during ERS and LRS. The content of non-essential amino acids (NEAA) showed a smaller variation, without a marked decrease. During the last embryonic stage, the major EAAs of embryos were, in decreasing magnitude, lysine and arginine, while the major NEAAs were glutamic acid and valine. A substantial decrease in lipid content (P<0.05) was observed, and the quantitatively more important fatty acids were the saturates 16:0 and 18:0, the monounsaturates 18:1n-9 and 18:1n-7 and the polyunsaturates 20:4n-6 (arachidonic acid, ARA), 20:5n-3 (eicosapentaenoic acid, EPA) and 22:6n-3 (docosahexaenoic acid, DHA). Monounsaturates were used at a higher rate, and embryos produced by SH shrimp displayed similar consumption rates of saturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids. Considering individual fatty acids, no clear utilization pattern between different-sized SH shrimp in ERS and LRS was recorded. The inexistence of consistent differences between amino and fatty acid utilization during embryogenesis among different-sized SH shrimp in ERS and LRS emphasizes the variability affecting offspring in decapod crustaceans.

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The authors would like to thank Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (scholarship SFRH/BD/983/2000 and research project POCTI/BSE/43340/2001) of the Portuguese government for financial support. We also thank M. Alfredo, S. Morais, G. Penha-Lopes, T. Pimentel, S. Brazão and A. Silva for their support during field and laboratory work and two anonymous referees for their valuable comments. The experiments described comply with current Portuguese and EU laws.

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  1. Laboratório Marítimo da Guia, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada do Guincho, Forte N.S. da Guia, 2750-642, Cascais, Portugal

    R. Calado & L. Narciso

  2. Departamento de Inovação Tecnológica e Valorização dos Produtos da Pesca, IPIMAR, Avenida de Brasília, 1449-006, Lisbon, Portugal

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Calado, R., Rosa, R., Nunes, M.L. et al. Amino and fatty acid dynamics of Lysmata seticaudata (Decapoda: Hippolytidae) embryos during early and late reproductive season. Marine Biology 147, 341–351 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-005-1562-4

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