Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles

The Effect of Parasitic Infection by Hematodinium SP. on Escape Swimming and Subsequent Recovery in the Norway Lobster, Nephrops norvegicus (L.)

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2015

Publication Title

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Keywords

Escape swimming, Hematodinium, Nephrops norvegicus, Parasite infection

ISSN

0278-0372

Volume

35

Issue/No.

1

First Page

1

Last Page

10

Abstract

Tail flip escape swimming was measured in the Norway lobster, Nephrops norvegicus (Linnaeus, 1758) up to cessation and following 4 hours recovery, and was compared with that of lobsters infected by the parasitic dinoflagellate Hematodinium sp. Swimming in uninfected lobsters comprised around 65 high-power flips in Phase 1 and a variable number of less powerful flips in Phase 2. Lightly-infected lobsters executed fewer flips in Phase 2, and heavily-infected lobsters produced only a few weak flips. Following 4 hours recovery uninfected lobsters produced 84.3% of the flips produced initially, due to a smaller number of Phase 2 tail flips. Infected lobsters showed less recovery, proportional to the severity of infection. The metabolic basis of the two-phase swimming pattern and the reduced performance during infection by Hematodinium is discussed. Our findings have implication for the catchability of uninfected and infected N. norvegicus, especially on fishing grounds where the fishing effort is high.

Comments

©The Crustacean Society, 2015. Published by Brill NV, Leiden

Additional Comments

United Kingdom Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries & Food contract #: CSA 4172, project code MFO221

ORCID ID

0000-0002-8296-4780

ResearcherID

J-3058-2014

DOI

10.1163/1937240X-00002296

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