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JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH | VOLUME 14 | NUMBER 12 | PAGES 1673-1686 | 1992
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Macrozooplankton studies in Kuwait Bay (Arabian Gulf). II. Distribution and composition of planktonic penaeidea

Stephen A. Grabe and Dennis C. Lees1

Collier County Pollution Control Department 3301 Tamiami Trail East, Naples FL 33962 1ERC Environmental and Energy Services Company 5510 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, CA 92121, USA

Received on May 12, 1991; accepted on July 31, 1992 Six penaeideans were identified during a 12-month investigation of macrozooplankton in Kuwait Bay. The numerically dominant species included two sergestids, Lucifer hanseni and Acetes japonicus. Of the two, L.hanseni appears to spawn in the bay during summer months while, A.japonicus may concentrate its spawning in coastal waters during late spring through fall. The most abundant penaeids were Parapenaeopsis stylifera and Metapenaeus spp., although Kuwait Bay may not be a major spawning area for these species. However, the Khor al Sabiya, a river-like channel northeast of Kuwait Bay, may serve as a nursery for at least two of the penaeids (Metapenaeus spp. and Penaeus semisulcatus) as well as for A.japonicus. Both P.stylifera and Metapenaeus spp. larvae were most abundant during late spring. Penaeus semisulcatus larvae exhibited fall and spring-summer maxima but were never locally abundant.


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