TY - JOUR
T1 - Ichthyofauna as a Regionalization Instrument of the Coastal Lagoons of the Gulf of Mexico
AU - López-Herrera, Dora Liney
AU - de la Cruz-Agüero, Gustavo
AU - Aguilar-Medrano, Rosalía
AU - Navia, Andrés Felipe
AU - Peterson, Mark S.
AU - Franco-López, Jonathan
AU - Cruz-Escalona, Víctor Hugo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation.
PY - 2021/11
Y1 - 2021/11
N2 - Marine fishes have been used in the determinations and corroborations of biogeographic hypotheses, as in the southwest Gulf of Mexico (GOM), where the warm-temperate and tropical ichthyofaunas of the Carolinian and Caribbean provinces mix. The objective of this study was to determine if the arrangement of the lagoon-estuarine ichthyofauna of the southwest GOM corresponds to a previous biogeographic hypothesis based on coastal marine ichthyofauna. Based on peer-reviewed and specialized literature, an ichthyofauna distribution database of 15 coastal lagoons distributed from southern Texas, USA, to Campeche, Mexico, was constructed and used to determine beta diversity, taxonomic diversity, and the geographical segregation of lagoons. A database of 115 species was obtained, more than expected for the lagoon systems of the southwest GOM. The lagoon ichthyofauna of the southwest of the GOM did not follow the traditional biogeographic hypothesis; instead, it was segregated into three sections: northern section within the Carolinian Province, central section with major Caribbean influence, and southern section within the Caribbean Province.
AB - Marine fishes have been used in the determinations and corroborations of biogeographic hypotheses, as in the southwest Gulf of Mexico (GOM), where the warm-temperate and tropical ichthyofaunas of the Carolinian and Caribbean provinces mix. The objective of this study was to determine if the arrangement of the lagoon-estuarine ichthyofauna of the southwest GOM corresponds to a previous biogeographic hypothesis based on coastal marine ichthyofauna. Based on peer-reviewed and specialized literature, an ichthyofauna distribution database of 15 coastal lagoons distributed from southern Texas, USA, to Campeche, Mexico, was constructed and used to determine beta diversity, taxonomic diversity, and the geographical segregation of lagoons. A database of 115 species was obtained, more than expected for the lagoon systems of the southwest GOM. The lagoon ichthyofauna of the southwest of the GOM did not follow the traditional biogeographic hypothesis; instead, it was segregated into three sections: northern section within the Carolinian Province, central section with major Caribbean influence, and southern section within the Caribbean Province.
KW - Beta diversity
KW - Biogeography
KW - Caribbean Province
KW - Carolinian Province
KW - Estuarine fishes
KW - Taxonomic diversity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85100471410&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s12237-021-00902-9
DO - 10.1007/s12237-021-00902-9
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85100471410
SN - 1559-2723
VL - 44
SP - 2010
EP - 2025
JO - Estuaries and Coasts
JF - Estuaries and Coasts
IS - 7
ER -