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Vol. 53 - Alaska Resources Library and Information Services

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P<strong>and</strong>alus borealis - Haynes 1979<br />

P<strong>and</strong>alus goniurus - Haynes 1978a<br />

P<strong>and</strong>alus montagui tridens - Haynes 1980<br />

P<strong>and</strong>alus stenolepis - Needler 1938<br />

P<strong>and</strong>alopsis dispar - Berkeley 1930<br />

6.2 P<strong>and</strong>alidae<br />

6.2.1 P<strong>and</strong>alus borealis: Life History <strong>and</strong> General Biology<br />

Distribution:<br />

P. borealis, an amphiboreal species, ranges from Point<br />

Barrow, Chukchi Sea southwest through the Okhotsk Sea to the Sea of Japan<br />

<strong>and</strong> Korea, <strong>and</strong> southeast throughout the Bering Sea <strong>and</strong> Gulf of <strong>Alaska</strong> to<br />

the mouth of the Columbia River.<br />

In addition it is found in the Barents<br />

Sea, the North Sea, <strong>and</strong> from the Gulf of Maine to western Greenl<strong>and</strong> in<br />

16-1380 m depths (Butler 1980). P. borealis is thought to be the bridge<br />

species between the Atlantic <strong>and</strong> Pacific Ocean p<strong>and</strong>alid groups<br />

(Rasmussen 1967).<br />

Fishable populations occur between 54-400 m depths<br />

(Ronholt 1963), but the species is often dominant between 70-150 m at<br />

the outer edge of the continental shelf where bottom temperatures range<br />

between 1.8°-3.8°C (Ivanov 1969).<br />

Post-larval stages can tolerate a<br />

wide temperature range from -1.68° to 11.13°C (Allen 1959) while larvae<br />

can survive an upper limit of 14°C (Poulsen 1946 in Butler 1971).<br />

Haynes <strong>and</strong> Wigley (1969) describe P. borealis preference for soft mud,<br />

s<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> silty substrates with relatively high organic content (0.5-1.5%<br />

organic carbon) in the Gulf of Maine.<br />

Survival is optimal at salinities<br />

from 25.9 to 35.7‰ (Allen 1959; Butler 1964).<br />

Reproduction:<br />

Like all <strong>Alaska</strong>n p<strong>and</strong>alid shrimp, P. borealis are<br />

prot<strong>and</strong>ric hemaphrodites (Berkeley 1930).<br />

Animals first achieve sexual<br />

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