Por favor, use este identificador para citar o enlazar a este item: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/131521
COMPARTIR / EXPORTAR:
logo share SHARE logo core CORE BASE
Visualizar otros formatos: MARC | Dublin Core | RDF | ORE | MODS | METS | DIDL | DATACITE

Invitar a revisión por pares abierta
Título

Latitudinal regionalization of epibenthic macroinvertebrate communities on rocky reefs in the Gulf of California

AutorUlate, Karol; Sánchez, Carlos; Sánchez-Rodríguez, Alexandra; Alonso, David CSIC ORCID ; Aburto-Oropeza, Octavio; Huato-Soberanis, Leonardo
Palabras claveSessile and non-sessile
Spatial patterns
Ascidiacea
Cnidaria
Crustacea
Echinodermata
Mollusca
Polychaeta
Polycladida
Porifera
Fecha de publicación2016
EditorTaylor & Francis
CitaciónMarine Biology Research : DOI: 10.1080/17451000.2016.1143105 (2016)
ResumenWe report on a latitudinal pattern in the structure and species composition of epibenthic macroinvertebrate communities on rocky reefs along a gradient of eight degrees of latitude in the Gulf of California. We provide quantitative evidence of a prominent shift in the taxa dominating these communities, particularly the sessile taxa (Cnidaria, Bivalvia, Annelida, Ascidiacea and Porifera). This pattern was not found in non-sessile taxa (Echinodermata, Decapoda, Cephalopoda, Gastropoda and Polycladida). Based on Bray–Curtis similarity and indicator species analysis we found that the macroinvertebrates of rocky reefs in the Gulf of California are distributed in three broad regions, indicating that sessile taxa are creating such a structure and are related to environmental changes tied to latitude. The northern region (>28° N) was a temperate zone with the coolest water in winter and highest chlorophyll a concentrations, where Octocorallia of the genus Muricea were the dominant taxa. The central region (∼24–28° N) had a mix of oceanographic features of the northern and southern regions and was dominated by Echinodermata in terms of species richness and density. The southern region (<24° N) is a subtropical zone with typically warm and clear water, and dominated by Hexacorallia (stony corals). The southern area was less diverse and had lower densities than the central and northern areas. These three communities correspond to known oceanographic discontinuities in the Gulf of California. This implies that future coastal management plans and conservation efforts in the Gulf of California must be regionalized to support their distinct ecological communities.
Descripción13 páginas, 8 figuras,
Versión del editorhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2016.1143105
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/131521
DOI10.1080/17451000.2016.1143105
ISSN1745-1000
E-ISSN1745-1019
Aparece en las colecciones: (CEAB) Artículos

Mostrar el registro completo

CORE Recommender

SCOPUSTM   
Citations

21
checked on 13-mar-2024

WEB OF SCIENCETM
Citations

19
checked on 22-feb-2024

Page view(s)

408
checked on 18-mar-2024

Google ScholarTM

Check

Altmetric

Altmetric


NOTA: Los ítems de Digital.CSIC están protegidos por copyright, con todos los derechos reservados, a menos que se indique lo contrario.