Spring and summer ichthyoplankton assemblages in a temperate Patagonian gulf: an overview of temporal and spatial patterns on their structure
Document title: Spring and summer ichthyoplankton assemblages in a temperate Patagonian gulf: an overview of temporal and spatial patterns on their structure
Journal: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000436030
ISSN: 0001-3765
Authors: 1
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Institutions: 1Centro para el Estudio de Sistemas Marinos, Puerto Madryn, Chubut. Argentina
2Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires. Argentina
3Instituto Patagónico para el Estudio de los Ecosistemas Continentales, Puerto Madryn, Chubut. Argentina
Year:
Volumen: 92
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, descriptivo
English abstract Knowing about the spatio-temporal patterns in the structure of ichthyoplankton assemblages allows inferring about the spawning behaviour of adult fishes, understanding the recruitment dynamics, and predicting the potential effects of mid- and long-term changes. Here, we studied the ichthyoplankton assemblages from the San José Gulf (Northern Patagonia, Argentina) and investigated their changes in space and time. To do that, we took monthly samples during two consecutive years, in spring and summer. A total of 2088 larvae were caught; they comprised 36 taxa, from which 14 were identified to species, two to genus, one to family and one to order. There were large differences in the structure of the assemblages between years, coincidently with marked changes in the surface water temperature. The structure of the ichthyoplankton assemblages also showed significant differences between the spring and summer: Helcogrammoides cunninghami, Dules auriga and larvae belonging to the family Engraulidae contributed most to these differences. The species diversity was higher in the colder year than in the warmer one. We discuss the potential role of environmental and oceanographic features on the interannual variability in the early stages of coastal fishes within a small gulf
Disciplines: Biología
Keyword: Peces,
Ecología,
Peces marinos,
Larvas de peces,
Variación estacional,
Ictioplancton,
Composición de la comunidad,
Patagonia,
Océano Atlántico Sudoccidental
Keyword: Fish,
Ecology,
Marine fish,
Fish larvae,
Seasonal variation,
Ichthyoplankton,
Community composition,
Patagonia,
Southwest Atlantic Ocean
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