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Egg survival, embryonic development, and larval characteristics of northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) females subject to different temperature and feeding conditions

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Laboratory experiments on ovigerous females of northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) were used to assess the effects of temperature and food ration on female condition during incubation and examine how combined effects of temperature and female condition influenced egg survival, embryonic development, and larval characteristics. Ovigerous females were maintained at 2°C, 5°C, and 8°C and fed on a low (three times/week; 2–2.7% W/W) or high ration (five times/week at satiation). The increase in temperature accelerated the developmental time of the eggs but their survival at 8°C was reduced. Conversion efficiency of yolk reserves in developing embryos was significantly reduced at elevated temperatures and larvae hatching at 2°C and 5°C were significantly larger and heavier than those hatching at 8°C. The experimental design did not result in any effect of food ration on the energetic condition of females or on egg characteristics and their biochemical composition. However, lower energy reserves were observed for females held at 8°C.

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Special thanks to Mario Peloquin for the construction and maintenance of the experimental set-up. We also thank Louise Savard for helpful discussions on the biology of northern shrimp and for the collection of wild shrimp samples and live shrimp specimens for the experiments. We are grateful to Brigitte Desrosiers for her assistance with the biochemical analysis and to Gaétan Daigle for his assistance with the statistics. Gilles Gauthier and two anonymous reviewers provided helpful comments on earlier versions of the manuscript. This study was made possible through funds provided by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans under the Science Strategic Fund program on Growth and Recruitment of Northern Shrimp and by the shrimp fisherman associations of Québec and New-Brunswick under the DFO—Group B Fishermen comanagement agreement. Sophie Brillon was supported by a FCAR postgraduate scholarship (fond québécois pour la Formation de Chercheurs et l’Aide à la Recherche). All experiments were conducted in compliance with the current laws of Canada.

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Brillon, S., Lambert, Y. & Dodson, J. Egg survival, embryonic development, and larval characteristics of northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) females subject to different temperature and feeding conditions. Marine Biology 147, 895–911 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-005-1633-6

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