Effect of natural disturbance on migrations and population dynamics of a catadromous species, Eriocheir japonicus, along the Lo-Mei stream in northern Taiwan

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Title:	Effect of natural disturbance on migrations and population dynamics of a catadromous species, Eriocheir japonicus, along the Lo-Mei stream in northern Taiwan
Authors:	Chen, Liang-Hsien Yang, Jen-Lee Barnes, Mark D.
Contributors:	生命科學系
Keywords:	Migration Disturbance Catadromous Eriocheir japonicus
Date:	2014-03
Issue Date:	2015-01-27 13:06:45 (UTC+8)
Abstract:	Japanese mitten crab, Eriocheir japonicus (de Haan), migrates between stream and sea and breeds in shallow coastal areas, exhibiting a catadromous life cycle. This study investigated how the crabs adjust reproductive strategy and migratory behavior to climate fluctuation and what kind of life history strategy individual crabs adopt in a disturbed environment. We conducted a 14-year monitoring study from 1998 to 2011 in Lo-Mei Stream in northern Taiwan. Streamflow and flood timing are controlled by precipitation and typhoons. Abundance of crabs was lower after disturbances by several typhoons and by lower temperatures associated with cold winters in 2006 and 2007. Samples from 2003 showed a reversal in reproductive trends, with increasing size in the same pattern of oocytes, compared to reproductive biology from 1999 to 2005. The life history of E. japonicus can be divided into three stages: spawning migration, growth period, and upstream migration of juveniles to compensate for downstream migration of mature crabs. Reproductively, in E. japonicus the combination of semelparity and synchronous breeding can increase reproductive potential and increase survival in a less disturbed environment at the optimum time. Environmental cues play an important role as major triggers in the persistence of populations.
Relation:	HYDROBIOLOGIA 卷: 726 期: 1 頁碼: 179-194
Appears in Collections:	[Department of Biology ] journal articles

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