Recruitment patterns of 2 sea cucumber species in a Central Mexican Pacificcoral reef community
Holothurians are nutrient recyclers, bioturbators, and prey for other taxa in diverse marine ecosystems; thus, they directly impact the distributionof organisms with which they are associated. However, little is known about annual changes in holothurian recruitment. Islas Marietas harbors a coral co...
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| author | Rosa Carmen Sotelo-Casas Amilcar Leví Cupul-Magaña Francisco Alonso Solís-Marín Alma Paola Rodríguez-Troncoso |
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| description | Holothurians are nutrient recyclers, bioturbators, and prey for other taxa in diverse marine ecosystems; thus, they directly impact the distributionof organisms with which they are associated. However, little is known about annual changes in holothurian recruitment. Islas Marietas harbors a coral community with a rich assemblage of holothurians. From March 2011 to February 2012, bimonthly samplings were performed in order to identify the annual recruitment patterns of species Pentamera chierchia and Neothyone gibber. Density (ind cm−2) was assessed for each of the 2 species, as was the micro-substrate abutting them. Both species had highest densities in the May and June period (N. gibber = 0.0903 ind cm−2; P. chierchia = 0.0396 ind cm−2); densities < 0.01 ind cm−2 were documented over the remainder of the year. This is the first record of P. chierchia in the study area. Furthermore, no correlation between species density and substrate type was found (s ≤ 0.61, n = 7, p > 0.05). The study of seasonal recruitment fluctuations of reef-associated holothurians and their relationship with factors such as reproduction and availability of coralline substrate may provide information on their life cycles, in order to initially understand some ecological patterns of these species that contribute to the maintenance of regional biodiversity. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e92d8da3dcd84db983172f18264b1ba22025-08-20T03:49:36ZengUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoRevista Mexicana de Biodiversidad1870-34532007-87062016-03-0187110.1016/j.rmb.2015.09.020Recruitment patterns of 2 sea cucumber species in a Central Mexican Pacificcoral reef communityRosa Carmen Sotelo-CasasAmilcar Leví Cupul-MagañaFrancisco Alonso Solís-MarínAlma Paola Rodríguez-Troncoso0Universidad de GuadalajaraHolothurians are nutrient recyclers, bioturbators, and prey for other taxa in diverse marine ecosystems; thus, they directly impact the distributionof organisms with which they are associated. However, little is known about annual changes in holothurian recruitment. Islas Marietas harbors a coral community with a rich assemblage of holothurians. From March 2011 to February 2012, bimonthly samplings were performed in order to identify the annual recruitment patterns of species Pentamera chierchia and Neothyone gibber. Density (ind cm−2) was assessed for each of the 2 species, as was the micro-substrate abutting them. Both species had highest densities in the May and June period (N. gibber = 0.0903 ind cm−2; P. chierchia = 0.0396 ind cm−2); densities < 0.01 ind cm−2 were documented over the remainder of the year. This is the first record of P. chierchia in the study area. Furthermore, no correlation between species density and substrate type was found (s ≤ 0.61, n = 7, p > 0.05). The study of seasonal recruitment fluctuations of reef-associated holothurians and their relationship with factors such as reproduction and availability of coralline substrate may provide information on their life cycles, in order to initially understand some ecological patterns of these species that contribute to the maintenance of regional biodiversity.https://revista.ib.unam.mx/index.php/bio/article/view/1679EchinodermsDendrochirotidaHolothuroideaMarine invertebrateReproduction |
| spellingShingle | Rosa Carmen Sotelo-Casas Amilcar Leví Cupul-Magaña Francisco Alonso Solís-Marín Alma Paola Rodríguez-Troncoso Recruitment patterns of 2 sea cucumber species in a Central Mexican Pacificcoral reef community Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad Echinoderms Dendrochirotida Holothuroidea Marine invertebrate Reproduction |
| title | Recruitment patterns of 2 sea cucumber species in a Central Mexican Pacificcoral reef community |
| title_full | Recruitment patterns of 2 sea cucumber species in a Central Mexican Pacificcoral reef community |
| title_fullStr | Recruitment patterns of 2 sea cucumber species in a Central Mexican Pacificcoral reef community |
| title_full_unstemmed | Recruitment patterns of 2 sea cucumber species in a Central Mexican Pacificcoral reef community |
| title_short | Recruitment patterns of 2 sea cucumber species in a Central Mexican Pacificcoral reef community |
| title_sort | recruitment patterns of 2 sea cucumber species in a central mexican pacificcoral reef community |
| topic | Echinoderms Dendrochirotida Holothuroidea Marine invertebrate Reproduction |
| url | https://revista.ib.unam.mx/index.php/bio/article/view/1679 |
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