scholarly journals LA MALACOFAUNA DE LA ZONA COSTERA DE SANTA MARTA Y PARQUE NACIONAL NATURAL TAYRONA, CARIBE COLOMBIANO

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Manuel Díaz
Keyword(s):  
Shallow Water ◽  
Coastal Area ◽  
Habitat Types ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Natural Park ◽  
Molluscan Species

Based on intesive collectings and published informations an inventory of molluscan species known from the Santa Marta - Tayrona National Natural Park coastal area was performed, including data on substrate and depth preferences of each species. Of a total of 727 species, 485 are gastropods, 214 bivalves, 13 polyplacophorans, 10 scaphopods, and 5 cephalopods. Most species occur in sandy bottoms with seagrass and in rock-rubble zones in shallow water. The high number of species occurring in this region can be explained by the availability of different habitat types and der s in a reduced area and through historic-biogeographic features of this region.

Amphipod biodiversity of shallow water in the Taranto seas (north-western Ionian Sea)

2005 ◽  
Vol 85 (2) ◽  
pp. 333-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Prato ◽  
F. Biandolino
Keyword(s):  
Shallow Water ◽  
Dominant Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Maximum Depth ◽  
Ionian Sea ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Gammarus Aequicauda ◽  
Different Depths ◽  
North Western

This study was carried out to determine the amphipod fauna in Mar Piccolo, Mar Grande and the Gulf of Taranto. Material in this study was obtained from 96 stations at different depths (maximum depth: −50 m) using various methods depending on the substrata. A total of 65 species was determined and 25 species are new records in the seas of Taranto. Microdeutopus gryllotalpa, Ericthonius brasiliensis, Monocorophium insidiosum, Elasmopus rapax, Gammarus aequicauda, Gammarus insensibilis, Leucothoe spinicarpa, Lysianassa costae and Pseudoprotella phasma were the dominant species and have been found in all areas considered. The comparison of the data shows that the area examined presents a high difference regarding biocenotic index. The highest number of species was collected in the Gulf with 1944 individuals, belonging to 58 species and 19 families, followed by Mar Grande with 1448 individuals belonging to 36 species and 11 families; finally Mar Piccolo with 698 individuals, 12 species and 6 families, in the First Inlet and 546 individuals, 18 species and 6 families, in the Second Inlet.

Habitat-specific distributions of some fishes in a tropical estuary

1996 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 827 ◽  
Author(s):  
MJ Sheaves
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Abundant Species ◽  
Epinephelus Coioides ◽  
Tropical Estuary ◽  
Habitat Types ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Fish Traps ◽  
Tropical Australia ◽  
Sampling Trip ◽  
Probability Of Capture

The species richness of fishes and the distributions of six fish species were compared among four habitat types, snaggy banks, clear banks, mud banks and mid channels, in an estuary in tropical Australia. Both day and night samples were collected in fish traps, on four occasions, three months apart. On each sampling trip the highest number of species was trapped from snaggy habitats, intermediate numbers from clear banks or mud banks, and the fewest species from mid channels. Although more species occurred in night than in day samples, the pattern of difference among habitats was consistent. The probability of capture of the six most abundant species, Acanthopagrus australis, Acanthopagrus berda, Arothron manilensis, Arius argyropleuron, Epinephelus coioides and Lutjanus russelli, was compared among habitat types and between day and night samples. Overall, snag habitats tended to be associated with high probabilities of capture of a number of species, particularly A. berda and L. russelli. At night, mid channels were characterized by high numbers of A. argyropleuron. Clear and mud banks, and day samples from mid channels were associated with low numbers of most species.

A review of the genus Tryphosella (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Britain and Ireland, with the description of a new species Tryphosella lowryi

2006 ◽  
Vol 86 (5) ◽  
pp. 1067-1081 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.M. Kilgallen ◽  
A.A. Myers ◽  
D. McGrath
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Shallow Water ◽  
British Isles ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Shallow Water Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Water Species

A review of the shallow-water species of the genus Tryphosella from the British Isles is presented and a new species, Tryphosella lowryi, is described. In addition, Tryphosella minima is recorded from this region for the first time. This brings to five the total number of species of this genus now known from the British Isles. All taxa are fully described and illustrated, and a key to the species is provided.

A first preliminary study of the shallow water sponge fauna from Cyprus Island (Eastern Mediterranean)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4450 (5) ◽  
pp. 594
Author(s):  
COSTA GABRIELE ◽  
GIUSSANI VALENTINA ◽  
KLETOU DEMETRIS ◽  
KLEITOU PERIKLIS ◽  
PANSINI MAURIZIO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shallow Water ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Sponge Species ◽  
Commercial Importance ◽  
The Past ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Mediterranean Areas ◽  
The World ◽  
Preliminary Study

Currently, more than 8,500 valid sponge species are reported in the World Porifera Database (http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/) (van Soest et al. 2018). The Mediterranean Sea sponge fauna, counting almost 700 species, is one of the best documented in the world (Pronzato 2003; Pansini et al. 2011; van Soest et al. 2018) but the eastern part of the basin is by far less studied, in comparison with other Mediterranean areas (Pansini et al. 2000; Voultsiadou & Vafidis 2004; Topaloğlu & Evcen 2014). A small number of species, mainly belonging to the cosmopolitan genus Spongia (Dictyoceratida), are commonly used as bath sponges. Aim of this work is to provide further information on Cyprus Island sponges in general and on species that had commercial importance in the past. 

scholarly journals Mycobiota features of aphyllophorales mushrooms in arid conditions of the south-east Euroopean Russia

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 00027
Author(s):  
Nadezhda Kuragina
Keyword(s):  
Quercus Robur ◽  
Arid Zone ◽  
Great Majority ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Ecological Groups ◽  
Populus Alba ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Natural Park ◽  
Arid Conditions ◽  
Volgograd Region

An analysis of the biota of the aphyllophorales mushrooms carried out in the territory of the Volga-Akhtuba floodplain natural park within the Volgograd region. Based on the results of the conducted researches, 170 species of the study group are noted in the park. The great majority of identified species are saprotrophs on dead fallen wood. The largest number of species was found on Quercus robur, Populus alba, P. nigra и Fraxinus lanceolata. The largest number mushrooms ecological groups for moisture are mesophiles and xerophiles, which is typical for the arid zone.

The pycnogonid fauna (Pycnogonida, Arthropoda) of the Tayrona National Park and adjoining areas on the Caribbean coast of Colombia

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2319 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
HANS-GEORG MÜLLER ◽  
FRANZ KRAPP
Keyword(s):  
Species Composition ◽  
Shallow Water ◽  
Brown Algae ◽  
National Park ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Coralline Algae ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Sargassum Cymosum ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
One Year

A complete account on the shallow-water Pycnogonida known up to now from depths between 0-30 m in the Caribbean Sea of Colombia is presented. Almost all the information included herein is based upon the data obtained by the first author during a 14-month fieldwork programme carried out at the Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas de Punta de Betin (INVEMAR) in Santa Marta, Magdalena department.        5312 specimens of 50 species, including 7 species new to science in the genera Ammothella (2), Tanystylum (1), Callipallene (2), Anoplodactylus (1) and Endeis (1), were collected from 179 samples at 45 stations. The area covered by this research ranges in the west from Punta Brava, just near the airport of Santa Marta, eastward to Punta el Diamante at the eastern border of the Tayrona National Park, extending over about 70 km of coastline. Additionally, 6 other pycnogonid species reported previously from outside this area, which are also known from the Caribbean Sea of Colombia are briefly reviewed.        The species from the Santa Marta area are described in detail, with comments on their intraspecific affinities, habitat preference, phenology, vertical distribution and geographic distribution.        Quantitative samples were taken approximately monthly at three stations at Bahía Concha over one year to compare the species composition from substrata of different structure, namely stands of the brown algae Digenia simplex and Sargassum cymosum on a dead Porites reef, and a stand of Thalassia testudinum, which was interspersed with dead coral substratum and coralline algae.        Number of species at all of these stations was found to be similar and species composition of the two species of brown algae almost identical. Achelia sawayai was by far the most numerous species in samples of Digenia simplex, whereas Tanystylum acuminatum and T. isabellae were most numerous in Sargassum cymosum. Species composition in Thalassia was rather different from that of the algal vegetation. In Thalassia, Ammothella appendiculata and A. exornata were the commonest species which were not found in Digenia and Sargassum.        No evidence was found that reproduction of pycnogonids in this tropical area is limited to certain periods of the year. One might presume a shorter reproductive cycle only for Tanystylum acuminatum, because ovigerous males appeared at the end of the rainy season in December and remained until May, therefore for most of the duration of the dry season.        Generally, number of species and specimens collected at all three quantitative sampling stations was rather variable from month to month, implying a heterogenous distribution within the substratum, which surely depend on the distribution of their food.        Zoogeographic patterns are at present almost impossible to interpret, owing to the limited information available on the distribution of most species. However, it can be seen that the Santa Marta region has a very high number of shallow-water pycnogonid species, compared with the fauna of Panamá and Belize, where only 34 and 33 species have been recorded, respectively. However, the high number of species found in the Santa Marta area may be a result of the extensive collecting efforts made over a period of more than one year.

Distribution of Epibenthic Mollusca on a Transect Through the Beagle Channel (Southern Chile)

1998 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
pp. 875-889 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrin Linse ◽  
Angelika Brandt
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Species Richness ◽  
Shallow Water ◽  
Benthic Boundary Layer ◽  
Southern Chile ◽  
Beagle Channel ◽  
Epibenthic Sledge ◽  
Molluscan Species

During the Joint Chilean–German–Italian Magellan ‘Victor Hensen’ Campaign in 1994 an epibenthic sledge (EBS) was used to catch the epibenthic and benthic-boundary-layer macrofauna.Eighteen EBS samples were taken at 12 locations on a transect through the Beagle Channel. The aims of the study were to describe the epibenthic molluscan species, to quantify their abundances and to describe their distribution. In total 35,087 specimens were collected, yielding 107,223 ind 1000 nr−2. Bivalvia were most abundant 78,615 individuals (52 spp.) followed by Gastropoda (17,289, 52spp.), Aplacophora (4745, 9 spp.), Polyplacophora (4665) and Scaphopoda (1909,5 spp.). The molluscan abundance of the hauls were strikingly different, between 3 and 37,927 ind 1000 m−2 haul. Only stations off the eastern entrance showed high abundances, which was represented at all depths and sediments. Elsewhere the abundances were low. Species richness was highest in shallow water (< 100 m) with 69 species and decreased with depth. But at the deepest station 37 species were found.

scholarly journals BIODIVERSITY OF HEMIPTERA (HETEROPTERA) OF THE INFRAORDER PENTATOMOMORPHA I OF THE ILE-ALATAU STATE NATIONAL NATURE PARK

REPORTS ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (336) ◽  
pp. 105-111
Author(s):  
P. A. Esenbekova ◽  
◽  
A. N. Iskakova ◽  
G. D. Anarbekova
Keyword(s):  
Species Composition ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Trophic Specialization ◽  
Stages Of Development ◽  
Predominant Species ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Natural Park ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two Generations ◽  
Nature Park

The article presents the results of field research conducted in 2020 on the territory of the Ile-Alatau State National Natural Park. As a result of the conducted research, 32 species belonging to 2 families of hemiptera of the infraorder Pentatomomorpha I were identified. Among them, the predominant species composition of the family Lygaeidae is 21 species (66%), and 11 species are known from the family Aradidae (34%). On trophic specialization, they are divided into mycetophagy (11 species), phytophages (21 species, of which politicology – 16 types, wide oligotherapy – 3, narrow oligotherapy – 2). According to the type of food, both taking into account the number and number of species in the complex of hemiptera, phytophages clearly predominate. According to the number of generations per year, the hemiptera of the Ile-Alatau SNNP are divided into 4 groups: acyclic (different stages of development can be found simultaneously throughout the year) – 11 species, monovoltine (one generation per year) - 15 species, bivoltine (two generations per year) – 5 species, polyvoltine (several generations per year) - 1 species. There are 30 species with mesophilic ecology in the study area, only 1 species is hygromesophilus. Among the hemiptera of the Ile-Alatau GNPP, 19 species (61%) overwinter in the imago stage, 11 species (35%) in the imago and larvae stage, and 1 species (4%) in the egg stage.

scholarly journals Improving insect conservation across heterogeneous landscapes using species–habitat networks

PeerJ ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. e10563
Author(s):  
Andree Cappellari ◽  
Lorenzo Marini
Keyword(s):  
Protected Area ◽  
Species Assemblages ◽  
Bipartite Network ◽  
Butterfly Species ◽  
Habitat Types ◽  
Habitat Network ◽  
Habitat Patches ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Habitat Networks ◽  
Specialist Species

Background One of the biggest challenges in conservation is to manage multiple habitats for the effective conservation of multiple species, especially when the focal species are mobile and use multiple resources across heterogeneous protected areas. The application of ecological network tools and the analysis of the resulting species–habitat networks can help to describe such complex spatial associations and improve the conservation of species at the landscape scale. Methods To exemplify the application of species–habitat networks, we present a case study on butterflies inhabiting multiple grassland types across a heterogeneous protected area in North-East Italy. We sampled adult butterflies in 44 sites, each belonging to one of the five major habitat types in the protected area, that is, disturbed grasslands, continuous grasslands, evolved grasslands, hay meadows and wet meadows. First, we applied traditional diversity analyses to explore butterfly species richness and evenness. Second, we built and analyzed both the unipartite network, linking habitat patches via shared species, and the bipartite network, linking species to individual habitat patches. Aims (i) To describe the emerging properties (connectance, modularity, nestedness, and robustness) of the species–habitat network at the scale of the whole protected area, and (ii) to identify the key habitats patches for butterfly conservation across the protected area, that is, those supporting the highest number of species and those with unique species assemblages (e.g., hosting specialist species). Results The species–habitat network appeared to have a weak modular structure, meaning that the main habitat types tended to host different species assemblages. However, the habitats also shared a large proportion of species that were able to visit multiple habitats and use resources across the whole study area. Even butterfly species typically considered as habitat specialists were actually observed across multiple habitat patches, suggesting that protecting them only within their focal habitat might be ineffective. Our species–habitat network approach helped identifying both central habitat patches that were able to support the highest number of species, and habitat patches that supported rare specialist species.

scholarly journals Shallow water sponges along the south coast of Java, Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 485-493 ◽  
Author(s):  
TRI ARYONO HADI ◽  
MUHAMMAD HAFIZT ◽  
HADIYANTO HADIYANTO ◽  
AGUS BUDIYANTO ◽  
RIKOH MANOGAR SIRINGORINGO
Keyword(s):  
Shallow Water ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
South Coast ◽  
Sponge Species ◽  
Marine Biodiversity ◽  
Growth Forms ◽  
The South ◽  
Marine Habitat ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Significant Difference

Hadi TA, Hafizt M, Hadiyanto, Budiyanto A, Siringoringo RM. 2018. Shallow water sponges along the south coast of Java, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 19: 485-493. Sponges are the most diverse benthic filter feeders, occupying many different types of marine habitat. The south coast of Java is one such marine habitat, very exposed to the open sea. This study investigated the sponge diversity as well as their morphological characters across the south coast of Java. The observations were carried out from 2011 to 2016 in four different locations, including Pamang Peuk, Gunungkidul, Prigi Bay and Bayuwangi. The study found 96 sponge species, from 15 orders, and described them in terms of nine morphological characters. The most common species included Spheciospongia inconstans, Stylissa massa, Callyspongia sp. and Cinachyrella australiensis, while the most common growth forms were massive and encrusting, accounting respectively for 34.4% and 28.1% of the total number of species. There was a significant difference in the number of species found between sub-tidal and intertidal habitats; subtidal sponges were approximately 50% more diverse than intertidal sponges. Apart from the habitat types, the number of sponges varied in relation to the longitude; east Java had more sponge species with more variations in morphology compared to central and west Java. Encrusting and globular growth forms were the most common characteristics of intertidal sponges in west and central Java, while other growth forms comprised the diverse characteristics of the subtidal sponges in the east Java. This baseline information is essential for management of marine biodiversity hotspots in taking decisions for marine life conservation, because the global trajectory of marine habitat degradation is predicted to rise.

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