TY - JOUR
T1 - Differences in enzymatic activity in wild long-arm river prawns, macrobrachium tenellum (Smith, 1871) (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae), from different habitats
AU - de los Santos-Romero, Rodolfo
AU - Peña, Emyr
AU - Álvarez-González, Carlos Alfonso
AU - Cruz-Ramírez, Fernanda
AU - López-Vásquez, Joshua
AU - García-Guerrero, Marcelo U.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Crustacean Society. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/7/1
Y1 - 2020/7/1
N2 - Studies on the nutrition of wild populations of freshwater prawns, valuable in the determination of feeding habits and requirements, are scarce or inadequate. We analyzed the digestive tract of individuals of Macrobrachium tenellum (Smith, 1871) (Palaemonidae) sampled from three different coastal habitats (an estuary, a lagoon, and a river) in the southeastern Mexico Pacific coast to determine if individuals show any variations in their enzymatic activities. Prawns of different size (adult or juvenile) showed the most significant differences among them in the kind and amount of enzyme activity, whereas location and sex differences resulted in less significant differences. Results suggest that feeding habits and not habitat, are the main cause of differences between age classes.
AB - Studies on the nutrition of wild populations of freshwater prawns, valuable in the determination of feeding habits and requirements, are scarce or inadequate. We analyzed the digestive tract of individuals of Macrobrachium tenellum (Smith, 1871) (Palaemonidae) sampled from three different coastal habitats (an estuary, a lagoon, and a river) in the southeastern Mexico Pacific coast to determine if individuals show any variations in their enzymatic activities. Prawns of different size (adult or juvenile) showed the most significant differences among them in the kind and amount of enzyme activity, whereas location and sex differences resulted in less significant differences. Results suggest that feeding habits and not habitat, are the main cause of differences between age classes.
KW - Digestive enzymes
KW - Habitat influence
KW - Macrobrachium prawns
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85091639879&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/jcbiol/ruaa035
DO - 10.1093/jcbiol/ruaa035
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85091639879
SN - 0278-0372
VL - 40
SP - 455
EP - 461
JO - Journal of Crustacean Biology
JF - Journal of Crustacean Biology
IS - 4
ER -