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Patterns of behaviour of four shrimp species in a laboratory experiment

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Howard, Robert K.
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This study assessed the behaviour patterns of four shrimp species in a laboratory experiment that was repeated on 8 separate occasions throughout 1978. The experiment was set up in aquariums with sediment and eelgrass densities that reflected field conditions in Western Port Bay, Victoria. There were 1 to 3 replicate aquarium per run of the experiment. The shrimps species used in the experiment were the abundant species in eelgrass beds in Western Port Bay, Macrobrachium.intermedium, Pontophilus intermedius and Hippolyte caradina. Chlorotocella leptorhyncus. All shrimp species were present in each aquarium with a maximum of 4 individuals of each of the larger species (M.intermedium and P.intermedius), to avoid behavioral artifacts due to overcrowding. The behaviour activities and vertical distribution of each species relative to the substrate was assessed by making repeated observations on the instantaneous activity and location of individuals over a 4 day period. Observations were made in the night and day and were classified into 4 categories; inactive, grooming, feeding, or walking/swimming. P.intermedius was always inactive during the day, and remained partially buried in surface sediments until night when it emerged to move up into the eelgrass. The relative time devoted to feeding was fairly constant between the other 3 species. Levels of inactivity and grooming behaviour were higher during daylight whereas feeding and walking/swimming was more common at night.

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Statement: AQUARIUM SET UP Sediment depth in the aquarium was about 10 cm and the longest eelgrass leaves were around 35 ? 40 cm in length. The aquariums were filled with fresh sea water and were left to stand for 1 day prior to the addition of subject animals. Continuous aeration was supplied. Shrimp were collected in beam trawls at high tide and held in an insulated tank while being transferred to the aquarium in the laboratory. EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS The majority of observations were made within the 4 days of the addition of shrimp to the tanks. The 4 categories of shrimp behaviour were (1) inactive ? animal was stationary with little or no movement of appendages, (2) grooming ? scraping or brushing of body surfaces, (3) feeding ? searching, collecting or handling food, and (4) walking/swimming ? animal was mobile but not feeding. Night-time observations were made using a red light to illuminate the area behind the thin-section tanks so that subjects were silhouetted against a red background.

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Dr. Graeme Watson

Issued: 20 10 1981

Data time period: 1977-07-05 to 1980-01-14

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28 756901 | 28 767018 | 28 770020 | 28 781018 | 63 619003 | 63 619004 | BIOSPHERE | Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Benthic Habitat | tidal flats | Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Predation | Biosphere | Vegetation | Flowering Plants | eelgrass | Biosphere | Zoology | Invertebrates | COMMUNITY DYNAMICS | Community Structure | Chlorotocella leptorhyncus | EARTH SCIENCE | ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS | ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS | Heterozostera tasmanica | Hippolyte caradina | Macrobrachium spp. | Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Invertebrates | Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Invertebrates | Malacostraca | carid shrimps | Population Dynamics | Phillip Island | Pontophilus candidus | Rhyll | SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS | Trophic Dynamics | Western Port Bay | Zostera muelleri | biota | carid prawn | carid shrimp | eelgrass | hump-backed shrimp |

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