Environmental and climate variability drive population size of annual penaeid shrimp in a large lagoonal estuary.

ABSTRACT: Species with short life spans frequently show a close relationship between population abundance and environmental variation making these organisms potential indicator species of climatic variability. White (Penaeus setiferus), brown (P. aztecus), and pink (P. duorarum) penaeid shrimp typically have an annual life history and are of enormous ecological, cultural, and economic value to the southeastern United States and Gulf of Mexico. Within North Carolina, all three species rely on the Pamlico Sound, a large estuarine system that straddles Cape Hatteras, one of the most significant climate and biogeographic breaks in the world, as a nursery area. These characteristics make penaeid species within the Pamlico Sound a critical species-habitat complex for assessing climate impacts on fisheries

SUBMITTER: Schlenker LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10184946 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature