On the population biology of the common shrimp Crangon crangon (L.) (Crustacea: Caridea) in the Severn Estuary and Bristol Channel
- 1 November 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
- Vol. 67 (4) , 825-847
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400057076
Abstract
A 5-year study of the population biology of the common shrimp Crangon crangon (L.) in the Bristol Channel is reported. Samples were collected from three commercial fishermen and from the filter screens of five power stations taking water from the estuary.The Severn Estuary and Bristol Channel were found to contain a single shrimp population which undertook regular seasonal migrations in order to avoid low salinities and to reproduce. Previous studies had assumed that the regions held separate populations which migrated to avoid low winter temperatures.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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