Lobsters in a Changing Climate

Phillips, Bruce F.; Pérez‐Ramírez, Mónica; Lestang, Simon de

doi:10.1002/9781119154051.ch24

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“…The long larval duration of Achelata lobsters makes them particularly vulnerable to environmental variations and the effects of climate change because environmental conditions during the larval period affect the growth, survival, and dispersion of phyllosomata [68]. In the ocean, climate change involves increases in sea temperature and the intensity of ultraviolet radiation, as well as changes in circulation patterns, which may affect phyllosomata directly or indirectly [100,101]. For example, in the temperate East Australia Current, the phyllosomata of three tropical palinurid species are being transported by warm water eddies into temperate areas well outside the geographic range of the adult populations, providing them the opportunity to establish in such regions if environmental conditions become conducive to settlement [102].…”

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Diversity and Distribution of Mid- to Late-Stage Phyllosomata of Spiny and Slipper Lobsters (Decapoda: Achelata) in the Mexican Caribbean

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Achelata (Palinuridae and Scyllaridae) have a flat, transparent, long-lived planktonic larva called phyllosoma, which comprises multiple stages and has a duration from a few weeks (some scyllarids) to >20 months (some palinurids). The larval development of many Achelata occurs in oceanic waters, where conventional plankton nets usually collect the early- to mid-stages but not the later stages, which remain poorly known. We examined the diversity and distribution of mid- and late-stage phyllosomata in the oceanic waters of the Mexican Caribbean, where the swift Yucatan Current is the dominant feature. The plankton samples were collected at night with a large mid-water trawl in autumn 2012 (55 stations) and spring 2013 (34 stations). In total, we obtained 2599 mid- and late-stage phyllosomata (1742 in autumn, 857 in spring) of five palinurids (Panulirus argus, Panulirus guttatus, Panulirus laevicauda, Palinurellus gundlachi, Justitia longimana) and three scyllarids (Parribacus antarcticus, Scyllarides aequinoctialis, Scyllarus chacei). Overall, the mid-stages were ~2.5 times as abundant as the late stages. The palinurids far outnumbered the scyllarids, and P. argus dominated over all the other species, followed at a distance by P. guttatus. The densities of all the species were generally low, with no clear spatial pattern, and the phyllosomata assemblage composition greatly overlapped between seasons. These results suggest the extensive mixing of the organisms entrained in the strong Yucatan Current, which clearly favors the advection of the phyllosomata in this region despite the presence of some local sub-mesoscale features that may favor short-term retention.

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