Diel and vertical movements of preflexion fish larvae assemblage associated with <i>Posidonia oceanica</i> beds

Yoana del Pilar Ruso; Just T. Bayle-Sempere

doi:10.3989/scimar.2006.70n3399

Autores/as

Yoana del Pilar Ruso Unidad de Biología Marina, Departamento de Ciencias del Mar y Biología Aplicada. Universidad de Alicante.
Just T. Bayle-Sempere Unidad de Biología Marina, Departamento de Ciencias del Mar y Biología Aplicada. Universidad de Alicante.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2006.70n3399

Palabras clave:

larvas preflexion, Posidonia oceanica, complejidad del hábitat, refugio, Sparidae, Sardinella aurita

Resumen

El tipo de hábitat determina la estructura del poblamiento larvario de peces. Los principales beneficios que proporciona un hábitat con vegetación son el incremento de las fuentes de alimento y una mayor protección frente a los predadores. Este estudio se ha centrado en praderas de Posidonia oceanica para evaluar su papel como zonas de refugio, función que ha sido poco estudiada. Este trabajo se ha llevado a cabo en la Reserva Marina de Tabarca (España, SW Mar Mediterráneo). Las muestras se recolectaron con redes de plancton fijas en periodos diurnos y nocturnos, y a dos profundidades (13 y 15 m), durante 5 días consecutivos en el mes de Julio de 2000. Se capturaron 353 larvas y 256 fueron identificadas. Los taxones más abundantes fueron S. aurita, Sparidae, Engraulis encrasicolus y Gobiidae. Sparidae dominó al nivel de las hojas de la pradera durante el día, incrementando su presencia en la columna de agua durante la noche; mientras que la S. aurita se encontró a lo largo de toda la columna de agua en los dos periodos estudiados. Nuestro estudio confirma el papel de las praderas de P. oceanica como zona de refugio transitoria para los primeros estadios de larvas de de peces, aunque limitado a algunas especies demersales.

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