Abundance of fish in the reef complexes of Serranilla, Bajo Alicia and Bajo Nuevo, Seaflower Biosphere Reserve
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| Formato: | artículo original |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de Publicación: | 2012 |
| Descripción: | During the months of March and April 2010, biological data was collected in the remote areas of the Seaflower Biosphere Reserve (BR) (reef complex including Serranilla, Alice Shoal, and New Shoal). Data included coral communities such as fish (richness and abundance of fish), macro-invertebrates, turtles, plankton, and other regional species. This study shows the results of abundance of fish communities, which were evaluated in 82 sampling areas (26 in Serranilla, 14 in Alice Shoal, and 42 in New Shoal), in order to seach for information about the abundance of species with ecological and economic value by size ranges. Sampling showed that in Serranilla the most important species in the 5-10 cm size range was S. partitus; in the 11-20 and 21-30 cm size intervals was Haemulon album; in the 31-40 cm range was Scarus vetula while above 50 cm was Haemulon melanurum. In Alice Shoal the most important species in the 5-10 cm size range was S. partitus; in the 11-20 cm range was Caranx ruber; in the 21-30 and 31-40 cm range was B. vetula while in more than 50 cm was Sphyraena barracuda. Finally, in New Shoal, the most important species in the 5-10 cm size range was A. coeruleus; in the 11-20 cm range was S. taeniopterus; in 21-30 cm was Mellichthys niger; in 31-40 cm was H. album; in 40-50 cm was B. vetula, and above 50 cm was Gynglimostoma cirratum, whose density was much higher than was reported in other regions of the Seaflower BR. |
| País: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Institución: | Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Lenguaje: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/4797 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/revmar/article/view/4797 |
| Palabra clave: | Abundance reef fish economic and ecological value size ranges Seaflower BR Abundancias peces arrecifales interés ecológico y económico rangos de tallas RB Seaflower Abundâncias peixes recifais interesse ecológico e económico faixas de tamanhos RB Seaflower. |