TY - JOUR
T1 - Cambios estacionales de la comunidad de peces asociada a zonas de manglar en una laguna costera de Baja California Sur, México
AU - Rodríguez-Romero, Jesús
AU - López-González, Laura del Carmen
AU - Galván-Magaña, Felipe
AU - Sánchez-Gutiérrez, Francisco J.
AU - Inohuye-Rivera, Roxana B.
AU - Pérez-Urbiola, Juan C.
N1 - Funding Information:
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation supported the research reported in this article (grant 77521 to ACS). Note. The interpretations, conclusions, and recommendations in this work are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
PY - 2011/7
Y1 - 2011/7
N2 - The fish assemblage in a coastal lagoon with mangroves known as "Rancho Bueno" was determined and associated with environmental parameters. We used an experimental otter trawl net to catch the fish, and 62 fish species were identified from 48 genera and 30 families. The most abundant species were: Etropus crossotus, Eucinostomus gracilis, Paralabrax maculatofasciatus, Sphoeroides annulatus, and Eucinostomus dowii. The water temperature changed seasonally, being warm from July through December and cold from January through June. We found more fish species during the warm season than during the cold season. The southern area of the coastal lagoon had the highest diversity and species richness. The small size of the fishes registered confirms the ecological role of coastal lagoons as nursery areas that offer protection and feeding to commercially important fish near Bahía Magdalena, Mexico.
AB - The fish assemblage in a coastal lagoon with mangroves known as "Rancho Bueno" was determined and associated with environmental parameters. We used an experimental otter trawl net to catch the fish, and 62 fish species were identified from 48 genera and 30 families. The most abundant species were: Etropus crossotus, Eucinostomus gracilis, Paralabrax maculatofasciatus, Sphoeroides annulatus, and Eucinostomus dowii. The water temperature changed seasonally, being warm from July through December and cold from January through June. We found more fish species during the warm season than during the cold season. The southern area of the coastal lagoon had the highest diversity and species richness. The small size of the fishes registered confirms the ecological role of coastal lagoons as nursery areas that offer protection and feeding to commercially important fish near Bahía Magdalena, Mexico.
KW - Baja California Sur
KW - Environmental parameters
KW - Mangrove
KW - Mexico
KW - Rancho Bueno
KW - Soft-bottom fish assemblage
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79961012627&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3856/vol39-issue2-fulltext-6
DO - 10.3856/vol39-issue2-fulltext-6
M3 - Artículo
SN - 0718-560X
VL - 39
SP - 250
EP - 260
JO - Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research
JF - Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research
IS - 2
ER -