Abundance of the commercial penaeid shrimp juveniles in the North zone of Laguna Madre, Mexico

Authors

  • Armando T. Wakida-Kusunoki 1 Instituto Nacional de la Pesca. Dirección General de Investigación Pesquera del Atlántico. Ave. Héroes del 21 de Abril s/n, Col. Playa Norte. C.P. 2410. Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche.
  • Leobardo García-Solorio Instituto Nacional de la Pesca. Centro Regional de Investigación Pesquera de Tampico. Prolongación Ave. Altamira s/n Col. Isleta Pérez. C.P. 89090, Tampico, Tamaulipas.
  • Norma Gloria Vázquez Benavides Instituto Nacional de la Pesca. Centro Regional de Investigación Pesquera de Tampico. Prolongación Ave. Altamira s/n Col. Isleta Pérez. C.P. 89090, Tampico, Tamaulipas.

Keywords:

Penaeid shrimp, abundance of juveniles, Coastal lagoons, Laguna Madre, Gulf of Mexico.

Abstract

Monthly samplings were carried out during August, 2005 to November, 2006 to analizing the changes of the abundance of commercial juvenile penaeid shrimps in the North part of Laguna Madre, Tamaulipas. In every nine points a night trawl were carried out using a seine net of mesh size of 1.25 cm and 6 m length of bottom rope. Three commercial penaeid shrimp species were found and each one presented high abundance values for different periods of the year. Brown shrimp, Farfantepenaeus aztecus, in April-May period; pink shrimp, Farfantepenaeus dourarum, in DecemberJanuary, and the white shrimp, Litopenaeus setiferus in July and September. These results showed that different species presented a differential temporal use in Laguna Madre.

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Published

2017-01-11

How to Cite

Wakida-Kusunoki, A. T., García-Solorio, L., & Vázquez Benavides, N. G. (2017). Abundance of the commercial penaeid shrimp juveniles in the North zone of Laguna Madre, Mexico. HIDROBIOLÓGICA, 18(1), 85–88. Retrieved from https://hidrobiologica.izt.uam.mx/index.php/revHidro/article/view/872

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Nota Científica