Publication Date:
2021-05-19
Description:
Se inventariaron las especies marinas más conspicuas de los cayos del norte del Golfo de Batabanó (plataforma suroccidental de Cuba). Se establecieron 15 estaciones que incluyeron los manglares de los cayos y los seibadales aledaños. Los muestreos se realizaron mediante buceo ligero y se usaron métodos directos (censos visuales cualitativos y toma de fotografías) e indirectos (colecta de sustratos bióticos y abióticos). Adicionalmente, los seibadales densos que se encontraron alejados de los cayos se rastrearon usando una rastra tipo Otter. Se inventariaron 211 especies: 62 macroalgas, 5 fanerógamas, 27 esponjas, 14 cnidarios, 53 moluscos, 1 crustáceo, 9 equinodermos, 2 ascidias y 38 peces. Por los valores florísticos y faunísticos que ostenta esta zona, así como por la presencia de Prunum caneli, gasterópodo marino endémico del golfo de Batabanó, se recomienda su inclusión dentro del Sistema Nacional de Áreas Protegidas de Cuba.
Description:
The most conspicuous marine species of the keys north of the Gulf of Batabano (southwestern shelf of Cuba) were inventoried. Fifteen stations were established including mangrove swamps in the keys and surrounding seagrass beds. Samples were collected by diving with light equipment; direct (qualitative visual census and taking pictures) and indirect methods (collection of biotic and abiotic substrates) were used. Additionally, dense seagrass beds found away from the keys were tracked using an Otter dredger. As a result of this study, 211 species were inventoried: 62 macroalgae, 5 phanerogams, 27 sponges, 14 cnidarians, 53 mollusks, 1 crustacean, 9 echinoderms, 2 ascidians, and 38 fish. This area is recommended to be included within the National Protected Area System of Cuba, due to the flora and fauna values it has, as well as for the presence of Prunum caneli, marine gastropod endemic to the Gulf of Batabano.
Description:
Published
Keywords:
inventario
;
especies
;
manglar
;
seibadal
;
Cuba
Repository Name:
AquaDocs
Type:
Journal Contribution
,
Refereed
Format:
pp. 95-109
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