Local anthropogenic contamination affects the fecundity and reproductive success of an Arctic amphipod

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Bach, L., Fischer, A., Strand, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: bionomics; crustacea; embryos; gammaridean amphipods; intersex; latitude; lysianassid amphipods; marine environments; responses; sea; Arctic; Greenland; Sisimiut; Arctic amphipod
• Online Access: https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/local-anthropogenic-contamination-affects-the-fecundity-and-repro; https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08872

This study investigates whether adaptation to life in contaminated Arctic areas carries a cost for the populations in terms of reduced fecundity and reproductive success. The benthic amphipod, Orchomenella pinguis occurs in huge densities in both clean and contaminated sites. O. pinguis was collecte...