Ovary resorption in the Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) and its possible causes with special reference to sperm storage
Abstract The Norway lobster, Nephrops norvegicus, is an important fisheries species in the North-East Atlantic area. In some circumstances, mature females of Nephrops norvegicus can resorb their ovary rather than completing spawning, but the implications of this phenomenon to reproductive biology an...
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ftdatacite:10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5188693 2023-05-15T17:38:34+02:00 Ovary resorption in the Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) and its possible causes with special reference to sperm storage Becker, Carola Dick, Jaimie T. A. E. Mánus Cunningham Lundy, Mathieu Bell, Ewen Eagling, Lawrence Sigwart, Julia D. 2020 https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5188693 https://springernature.figshare.com/collections/Ovary_resorption_in_the_Norway_lobster_Nephrops_norvegicus_and_its_possible_causes_with_special_reference_to_sperm_storage/5188693 unknown figshare https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s10152-020-00543-8 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode cc-by-4.0 CC-BY Ecology FOS Biological sciences Collection article 2020 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5188693 https://doi.org/10.1186/s10152-020-00543-8 2021-11-05T12:55:41Z Abstract The Norway lobster, Nephrops norvegicus, is an important fisheries species in the North-East Atlantic area. In some circumstances, mature females of Nephrops norvegicus can resorb their ovary rather than completing spawning, but the implications of this phenomenon to reproductive biology and fisheries sustainability are not known. To understand after effects of ovary resorption, we studied long-term demographic data sets (1994–2017) collected from the western Irish Sea and the North Sea. Our considerations focused on potential correlations among the frequency of resorption, female insemination, and body size of resorbing females. Resorption was continuously rare in the western Irish Sea (less than 1%); whereas much higher rates with considerable year-to-year variation were observed in the North Sea (mean 9%). Resorption started in autumn after the spawning season (summer) had passed. The frequency stayed high throughout winter and declined again in spring. As sperm limitation can occur in male-biased fisheries, we expected a lack of insemination could be responsible for resorption, but affected females were indeed inseminated. Resorbing females were significantly larger than other sexually mature females in the North Sea, but the opposite trend was observed in the western Irish Sea. It is therefore possible that other, environmental factors or seasonal shifts, may trigger females to resorb their ovaries instead of spawning. Resorption may as well represent a natural phenomenon allowing flexibility in the periodicity of growth and reproduction. In this sense, observations of annual versus biennial reproductive cycles in different regions may be closely linked to the phenomenon of ovary resorption. Article in Journal/Newspaper North East Atlantic DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Norway |
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Abstract The Norway lobster, Nephrops norvegicus, is an important fisheries species in the North-East Atlantic area. In some circumstances, mature females of Nephrops norvegicus can resorb their ovary rather than completing spawning, but the implications of this phenomenon to reproductive biology and fisheries sustainability are not known. To understand after effects of ovary resorption, we studied long-term demographic data sets (1994–2017) collected from the western Irish Sea and the North Sea. Our considerations focused on potential correlations among the frequency of resorption, female insemination, and body size of resorbing females. Resorption was continuously rare in the western Irish Sea (less than 1%); whereas much higher rates with considerable year-to-year variation were observed in the North Sea (mean 9%). Resorption started in autumn after the spawning season (summer) had passed. The frequency stayed high throughout winter and declined again in spring. As sperm limitation can occur in male-biased fisheries, we expected a lack of insemination could be responsible for resorption, but affected females were indeed inseminated. Resorbing females were significantly larger than other sexually mature females in the North Sea, but the opposite trend was observed in the western Irish Sea. It is therefore possible that other, environmental factors or seasonal shifts, may trigger females to resorb their ovaries instead of spawning. Resorption may as well represent a natural phenomenon allowing flexibility in the periodicity of growth and reproduction. In this sense, observations of annual versus biennial reproductive cycles in different regions may be closely linked to the phenomenon of ovary resorption. |
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Becker, Carola Dick, Jaimie T. A. E. Mánus Cunningham Lundy, Mathieu Bell, Ewen Eagling, Lawrence Sigwart, Julia D. |
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Becker, Carola Dick, Jaimie T. A. E. Mánus Cunningham Lundy, Mathieu Bell, Ewen Eagling, Lawrence Sigwart, Julia D. |
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Ovary resorption in the Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) and its possible causes with special reference to sperm storage |
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Ovary resorption in the Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) and its possible causes with special reference to sperm storage |
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Ovary resorption in the Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) and its possible causes with special reference to sperm storage |
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Ovary resorption in the Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) and its possible causes with special reference to sperm storage |
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Ovary resorption in the Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) and its possible causes with special reference to sperm storage |
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ovary resorption in the norway lobster (nephrops norvegicus) and its possible causes with special reference to sperm storage |
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