TY - JOUR
T1 - The Gulf of California
T2 - Review of ecosystem status and sustainability challenges
AU - Lluch-Cota, Salvador E.
AU - Aragón-Noriega, Eugenio A.
AU - Arreguín-Sánchez, Francisco
AU - Aurioles-Gamboa, David
AU - Jesús Bautista-Romero, J.
AU - Brusca, Richard C.
AU - Cervantes-Duarte, Rafael
AU - Cortés-Altamirano, Roberto
AU - Del-Monte-Luna, Pablo
AU - Esquivel-Herrera, Alfonso
AU - Fernández, Guillermo
AU - Hendrickx, Michel E.
AU - Hernández-Vázquez, Sergio
AU - Herrera-Cervantes, Hugo
AU - Kahru, Mati
AU - Lavín, Miguel
AU - Lluch-Belda, Daniel
AU - Lluch-Cota, Daniel B.
AU - López-Martínez, Juana
AU - Marinone, Silvio G.
AU - Nevárez-Martínez, Manuel O.
AU - Ortega-García, Sofia
AU - Palacios-Castro, Eduardo
AU - Parés-Sierra, Alejandro
AU - Ponce-Díaz, Germán
AU - Ramírez-Rodríguez, Mauricio
AU - Salinas-Zavala, Cesar A.
AU - Schwartzlose, Richard A.
AU - Sierra-Beltrán, Arturo P.
PY - 2007/4
Y1 - 2007/4
N2 - The Gulf of California is unique because of its geographical location and conformation. It hosts diverse ecosystems and important fisheries that support industry and provide livelihood to coastal settlements. It is also the site of interests and problems, and an intense interaction among managers, producers, and conservationists. In this report, we scrutinize the abiotic (hydrography, climate, ocean circulation, and chemistry) and biotic (phyto- and zooplankton, fish, invertebrates, marine mammals, birds, and turtles) components of the marine ecosystem, and some particular aspects of climate variability, endemisms, harmful algal blooms, oxygen minimum layer, and pollution. We also review the current conditions and conflicts around the main fisheries (shrimp, small and large pelagic fishes, squid, artisanal and sportfishing), the most important human activity in the Gulf of California. We cover some aspects of management and conservation of fisheries, especially the claimed overexploitation of fish resources and the ecosystems, and review proposals for creating networks of marine protected areas. We conclude by identifying main needs for information and research, particularly the integration of data bases, the implementation of models and paleoreconstructions, establishment of monitoring programs, and the evaluation of fishing impacts and management actions.
AB - The Gulf of California is unique because of its geographical location and conformation. It hosts diverse ecosystems and important fisheries that support industry and provide livelihood to coastal settlements. It is also the site of interests and problems, and an intense interaction among managers, producers, and conservationists. In this report, we scrutinize the abiotic (hydrography, climate, ocean circulation, and chemistry) and biotic (phyto- and zooplankton, fish, invertebrates, marine mammals, birds, and turtles) components of the marine ecosystem, and some particular aspects of climate variability, endemisms, harmful algal blooms, oxygen minimum layer, and pollution. We also review the current conditions and conflicts around the main fisheries (shrimp, small and large pelagic fishes, squid, artisanal and sportfishing), the most important human activity in the Gulf of California. We cover some aspects of management and conservation of fisheries, especially the claimed overexploitation of fish resources and the ecosystems, and review proposals for creating networks of marine protected areas. We conclude by identifying main needs for information and research, particularly the integration of data bases, the implementation of models and paleoreconstructions, establishment of monitoring programs, and the evaluation of fishing impacts and management actions.
KW - Conservation
KW - Ecosystem
KW - Fisheries
KW - Gulf of California
KW - Management
KW - Mexico
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33947393636&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.pocean.2007.01.013
DO - 10.1016/j.pocean.2007.01.013
M3 - Artículo de revisión
SN - 0079-6611
VL - 73
SP - 1
EP - 26
JO - Progress in Oceanography
JF - Progress in Oceanography
IS - 1
ER -