Abstract
Abstract The hypothesis of an amphidromous life history pattern, with a female hatching migration from the river to an estuary, larval development in saltwater, and a return upriver migration by postlarvae (juveniles) was tested in the river shrimp Macrobrachium ohione in the Atchafalaya River, Louisiana, U.S.A. in 2006. A possible female migration from the river to the Atchafalaya Delta estuary (AD) to hatch incubated embryos was tested by comparing reproductive status of females sampled monthly from stations 146 km (Butte La Rose = BLR), 42 km (Berwick = BR), and 0 km from AD. Females only occurred in traps at AD only during the reproductive season (March to August) but were present throughout the year at other stations. The highest percentages of prehatching females occurred at the AD and BR stations while prehatching females were relatively rare at the upriver BLR station. Salt water requirements for larval development were tested by incubating first stage larvae from individual hatches in freshwater ...
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