DOCSLIB.ORG

E-Cabral H.Pdf

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
E-Cabral H.Pdf Journal of Sea Research 70 (2012) 32–41 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Journal of Sea Research journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/seares Thermal tolerance and potential impacts of climate change on coastal and estuarine organisms Diana Madeira a,⁎, Luís Narciso b, Henrique N. Cabral a, Catarina Vinagre a a Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências, Centro de Oceanografia, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal b Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências, Centro de Oceanografia, Laboratório Marítimo da Guia, Avenida Nossa Senhora do Cabo, 939, 2750-374 Cascais, Portugal article info abstract Article history: The study of thermal tolerance is the first step to understanding species vulnerability to climate warming. Received 8 December 2011 This work aimed to determine the upper thermal limits of various fish and crustaceans in a temperate Received in revised form 24 February 2012 estuarine ecosystem and an adjacent coastal area. Species were ranked in terms of thermal tolerance and Accepted 3 March 2012 intraspecific variability was evaluated. The method used was the Critical Thermal Maximum (CTMax). The Available online 16 March 2012 CTMax was found to be higher for species typically found in thermally unstable environments, e.g. intertidal, supratidal, southern distributed species and species that make reproduction migrations because they are Keywords: Global Change exposed to extreme temperatures. Subtidal, demersal and northern distributed species showed lower Critical Thermal Maximum CTMax values because they live in colder environments. Species from different taxa living in similar habitats Temperate Species have similar CTMax values which suggests that they have evolved similar stress response mechanisms. This Tropical Species study showed that the most vulnerable organisms to sea warming were those that occur in thermally Intraspecific Variability unstable environments because despite their high CTMax values, they live closer to their thermal limits and have limited acclimation plasticity. Among the demersal species studied, two sea-breams (Diplodus bellottii and Diplodus vulgaris) are potentially threatened by sea warming because their CTMax values are not far from the mean water temperature and they are already under thermal stress during current heat waves. © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. 1. Introduction al., 1995). Temperature is a heterogeneous variable both in time and space (Re et al., 2005), structuring marine community assemblages Temperature is one of the most important factors affecting and ecosystems at the ultimate level (Glynn, 1988). organisms because it impacts the kinetic energy of molecules and Aquatic ectotherms do not physiologically regulate their body biochemical reactions. Hence, the animal's physiology and behavior temperature; their body temperature follows the environmental (e.g. Fry, 1971; Mora and Ospina, 2001; Somero, 1969) might be temperature. Due to water properties such as high heat conductivity, altered. Consequently, fitness and performance may be affected by water absorbs a lot of heat leading to a temperature increase. Consid- the thermal regime and other physical and chemical variables ering global warming scenarios, the increase in temperature may operating in the habitat. Dynamic fluctuations of these abiotic make aquatic ectotherms as vulnerable organisms to thermal stress. variables can interfere and dominate the life history, demographics Additionally, there is still a considerable lack of knowledge about and competition between species (Christian et al., 1983; Huey, their thermal limits, especially for temperate species, pelagic and 1991; Huey and Berrigan, 2001; Munday et al., 2008; Porter, schooling fish and even for some crustacean species that are widely 1989) explaining a diversity of adaptations among organisms distributed and easy to handle (Freitas et al., 2010). Therefore, further (Lutterschmidt and Hutchison, 1997a). Individual parameters such tolerance studies are needed. The tolerance window for each species as growth rate, longevity, excretion rate, food intake and basic metab- is described as a favorable range of temperature or performance olism as well as population parameters such as mortality, reproduc- breadth. It includes an optimal zone and a suboptimal zone. Above tive rate, recruitment and population size/distribution all depend on or below that range, performance is negatively affected and the temperature (e.g. Brey, 1995; Kröncke et al., 1998; Perry et al., species cannot survive unless it is for a limited period of time. 2005; Pörtner et al., 2008; Shaw and Bercaw, 1962; Southward et Moreover, ectotherms are only able to carry out behavioral thermo- regulation (Neill and Magnuson, 1974; Neill et al., 1972; Rozin and Mayer, 1961) which can imply habitat selection based on the habitat's thermal characteristics. Therefore, according to climate change ⁎ Corresponding author. Tel.: +351 21 750 08 26; fax: +351 21 750 02 07. fi E-mail addresses: [email protected] (D. Madeira), [email protected] scenarios, it is reasonable to expect inter and intraspeci c competi- (L. Narciso), [email protected] (H.N. Cabral), [email protected] (C. Vinagre). tion to occur if the thermal microhabitat is scarce. 1385-1101/$ – see front matter © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.seares.2012.03.002 D. Madeira et al. / Journal of Sea Research 70 (2012) 32–41 33 Facing current concerns about climate change scenarios, the in terms of temperature tolerance and hypotheses about the potential knowledge of thermal tolerance is the first step to understanding impacts of climate warming on the species studied were put forward. how vulnerable species are. However, not only there is a great diver- Another target of this work was to evaluate and compare intraspecific sity of responses but also global warming tends to vary regionally variability of the CTMax in order to discuss the species' potential to (Rivadeneira and Fernández, 2005) so there is a need to do regional adapt to ongoing global climate changes. Also, it was investigated and population studies (McFarlane et al., 2000). Most literature has which species live closer to their upper thermal limits and com- focused on tropical regions perhaps not only because models suggest parisons with tropical species were made. that impacts will be severe in the tropics (Tewksbury et al., 2008) but also because predictions for temperate regions are the hardest to 2. Materials and methods make due to the diversity of life history patterns, complexity of tro- fi phic relations, habitat variability and over- shing (IPCC, 1997; 2.1. Temperature data Roessig et al., 2004). Impacts of climate warming should be greatest on thermal special- 2.1.1. Atmospheric and water temperature for the intertidal zone ists that have limited acclimation potentials (Hoegh-Guldberg et al., Atmospheric temperature data for the intertidal zone was obtained 2007) and those that live in aseasonal environments (Tewksbury et from the MOHID database (open acess at www.mohid.com). In this da- al., 2008). The thermal limits of an organism are set genetically but in tabase, field data from the meteorological station of Laboratório evolutionary terms the rate at which temperature is increasing might Marítimo da Guia (38°41′42.91″ N; 9°27′08.52″ W — under 3400 m not allow the organisms to adapt genetically (Cuculescu et al., 1998). from the sampling site) was available. Temperature was recorded Thereby, the ecosystems that have evolved in stable conditions for a every half an hour during the day and night. For the purpose of this long time e.g. cold environments or tropical habitats are especially at study data from January 2010 to December 2010 were used. A detailed risk. Additionally, some tropical species are said to live close to their graph was drawn for July 2010, concerning only temperatures between upper thermal limits (Jokiel and Coles, 1977; Sharp et al., 1997) 7 am (sunrise) and 9 pm (sunset). although other authors present contradictory evidence (Mora and Ospina, 2001). It has also been suggested that warm-adapted species 2.1.2. Estuarine temperatures of the intertidal/supratidal zone may be particularly at risk since they Estuarine water temperatures were obtained from the Centro de live closer to their upper thermal limit and have limited acclimation Oceanografia database. Mean values from 1978, 1979, 1980, 1995, capacity (Hopkin et al., 2006; Somero, 2010). Despite the fact that 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005 and 2006 were used to calculate and they are more thermally tolerant there is a high probability that plot the general mean±SD temperature for each month in the maximum habitat temperatures surpass their upper thermal limit Tagus estuary. (Somero, 2010) because they live in a hot and unstable environment with wide daily and seasonal thermal amplitudes. Therefore, environmental variation has large ecological and 2.1.3. Coastal temperatures evolutionary consequences. It exerts a strong selective pressure leading Coastal water temperatures were obtained from the Centro de fi to the development of specific strategies which may be related not Oceanogra a database, Levitus and Boyer (1994) and Mohid database. only to reproductive strategies, growth and maturation but also to Thermal images of the Portuguese coast from the Mohid database were physiological and cellular mechanisms to deal with stressful conditions. obtained every 10 days throughout 2010. Environmental variability also sets life history patterns,
Load more

Recommended publications
  • An Ecosystem Model of the North Sea to Support an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management: Description and Parameterisation
    Science Series Technical Report no.142 An ecosystem model of the North Sea to support an ecosystem approach to fisheries management: description and parameterisation S. Mackinson and G. Daskalov Science Series Technical Report no.142 An ecosystem model of the North Sea to support an ecosystem approach to fisheries management: description and parameterisation S. Mackinson and G. Daskalov This report should be cited as: Mackinson, S. and Daskalov, G., 2007. An ecosystem model of the North Sea to support an ecosystem approach to fisheries management: description and parameterisation. Sci. Ser. Tech Rep., Cefas Lowestoft, 142: 196pp. This report represents the views and findings of the authors and not necessarily those of the funders. © Crown copyright, 2008 This publication (excluding the logos) may be re-used free of charge in any format or medium for research for non-commercial purposes, private study or for internal circulation within an organisation. This is subject to it being re-used accurately and not used in a misleading context. The material must be acknowledged as Crown copyright and the title of the publication specified. This publication is also available at www.Cefas.co.uk For any other use of this material please apply for a Click-Use Licence for core material at www.hmso.gov.uk/copyright/licences/ core/core_licence.htm, or by writing to: HMSO’s Licensing Division St Clements House 2–16 Colegate Norwich NR3 1BQ Fax: 01603 723000 E-mail: [email protected] List of contributors and reviewers Name Affiliation
    [Show full text]
  • A Biotope Sensitivity Database to Underpin Delivery of the Habitats Directive and Biodiversity Action Plan in the Seas Around England and Scotland
    English Nature Research Reports Number 499 A biotope sensitivity database to underpin delivery of the Habitats Directive and Biodiversity Action Plan in the seas around England and Scotland Harvey Tyler-Walters Keith Hiscock This report has been prepared by the Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA) as part of the work being undertaken in the Marine Life Information Network (MarLIN). The report is part of a contract placed by English Nature, additionally supported by Scottish Natural Heritage, to assist in the provision of sensitivity information to underpin the implementation of the Habitats Directive and the UK Biodiversity Action Plan. The views expressed in the report are not necessarily those of the funding bodies. Any errors or omissions contained in this report are the responsibility of the MBA. February 2003 You may reproduce as many copies of this report as you like, provided such copies stipulate that copyright remains, jointly, with English Nature, Scottish Natural Heritage and the Marine Biological Association of the UK. ISSN 0967-876X © Joint copyright 2003 English Nature, Scottish Natural Heritage and the Marine Biological Association of the UK. Biotope sensitivity database Final report This report should be cited as: TYLER-WALTERS, H. & HISCOCK, K., 2003. A biotope sensitivity database to underpin delivery of the Habitats Directive and Biodiversity Action Plan in the seas around England and Scotland. Report to English Nature and Scottish Natural Heritage from the Marine Life Information Network (MarLIN). Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the UK. [Final Report] 2 Biotope sensitivity database Final report Contents Foreword and acknowledgements.............................................................................................. 5 Executive summary .................................................................................................................... 7 1 Introduction to the project ..............................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Padrões De Distribuição Da Abundância Larvar De Crustáceos Decápodes Na Baía De Cascais
    UNIVERSIDADE DO ALGARVE FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS DO MAR E DO AMBIENTE PADRÕES DE DISTRIBUIÇÃO DA ABUNDÂNCIA LARVAR DE CRUSTÁCEOS DECÁPODES NA BAÍA DE CASCAIS DISSERTAÇÃO PARA A OBTENÇÃO DO GRAU DE MESTRE EM BIOLOGIA MARINHA ESPECIALIZAÇÃO EM ECOLOGIA E CONSERVAÇÃO MARINHA CARLA ISABEL DE ALMEIDA SANTINHO FARO 2009 UNIVERSIDADE DO ALGARVE FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS DO MAR E DO AMBIENTE PADRÕES DE DISTRIBUIÇÃO DA ABUNDÂNCIA LARVAR DE CRUSTÁCEOS DECÁPODES NA BAÍA DE CASCAIS DISSERTAÇÃO PARA A OBTENÇÃO DO GRAU DE MESTRE EM BIOLOGIA MARINHA ESPECIALIZAÇÃO EM ECOLOGIA E CONSERVAÇÃO MARINHA CARLA ISABEL DE ALMEIDA SANTINHO FARO 2009 Dissertação realizada no Instituto Nacional dos Recursos Biológicos – IPIMAR (Lisboa) entre Abril de 2007 e Fevereiro de 2009, Orientada por: Doutora Antonina dos Santos Investigadora do INRB-IPIMAR e Doutora Margarida Castro Professora associada da Faculdade de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente da Universidade do Algarve. Agradecimentos Gostaria de agradecer a todas as pessoas que tornaram possível a realização deste trabalho. Em primeiro lugar o meu agradecimento muito especial à minha orientadora Doutora Antonina dos Santos que tão bem me aconselhou durante a realização deste trabalho. Muito obrigado por ter acreditado sempre, pelo apoio e incentivo, pela paciência, por me ensinado tanto e por estar sempre disponível para me ajudar. O meu enorme obrigado à Professora Doutora Margarida Castro por ter aceite ser minha orientadora e por me ter amparado sempre perante as dificuldades que surgiram desde o início. Muito obrigado pela confiança, pela paciência, pela sua disponibilidade e pelos conhecimentos que me transmitiu. Agradeço às minhas colegas de gabinete e laboratório, Cátia e Joana, por me terem acolhido tão bem e me terem ajudado em tudo e mais alguma coisa sempre que precisei.
    [Show full text]
  • The Marine Arthropods of Turkey
    Turkish Journal of Zoology Turk J Zool (2014) 38: http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/ © TÜBİTAK Research Article doi:10.3906/zoo-1405-48 The marine arthropods of Turkey 1, 1 1 2 Ahmet Kerem BAKIR *, Tuncer KATAĞAN , Halim Vedat AKER , Tahir ÖZCAN , 3 4 1 1 Murat SEZGİN , Abdullah Suat ATEŞ , Cengiz KOÇAK , Fevzi KIRKIM 1 Faculty of Fisheries, Ege University, İzmir, Turkey 2 Faculty of Marine Sciences and Technology, Mustafa Kemal University, İskenderun, Hatay, Turkey 3 Faculty of Fisheries, Sinop University, Sinop, Turkey 4 Faculty of Marine Sciences and Technology, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale, Turkey Received: 29.05.2014 Accepted: 30.07.2014 Published Online: 00.00.2013 Printed: 00.00.2013 Abstract: This recent checklist of marine arthropods found on the coasts of Turkey represents a total of 1531 species belonging to 7 classes: Malacostraca (766 species), Maxillopoda (437 species), Ostracoda (263 species), Pycnogonida (27 species), Arachnida (26 species), Branchiopoda (7 species), and Insecta (5 species). Seventy-five species were classified as alien species in the region. This paper also includes the first record of the amphipod Melita valesi from the Levantine coast of Turkey (Kaş, Gulf of Antalya). Key words: Arthropoda, Black Sea, Sea of Marmara, Aegean Sea, Levantine Sea, Turkey 1. Introduction İzmir Bay (Smirnæ) and the Bosphorus (Constantinopoli). The arthropods, containing approximately 1.2 million Forskål died of malaria in July 1763 and Carsten Niebuhr described species and constituting almost 80% of all edited and published the work of his friend in 1775. In described living animal species, constitute the largest the 19th century, Ostroumoff (1896) participated in the and most successful of the animal phyla.
    [Show full text]
  • Cross-Realm Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Species' Abundance Trends
    ARTICLES PUBLISHED: 17 FEBRUARY 2017 | VOLUME: 1 | ARTICLE NUMBER: 0067 Cross-realm assessment of climate change impacts on species’ abundance trends Diana E. Bowler1*, Christian Hof1, Peter Haase2, 3, Ingrid Kröncke4, Oliver Schweiger5, Rita Adrian6, 7, Léon Baert8, Hans-Günther Bauer9, Theo Blick10, Rob W. Brooker11, Wouter Dekoninck8, Sami Domisch6, 12, Reiner Eckmann13, Frederik Hendrickx8, Thomas Hickler1, 14, Stefan Klotz5, 15, Alexandra Kraberg16, Ingolf Kühn5, 15, 17, Silvia Matesanz18, Angelika Meschede‡, Hermann Neumann4, Robert O’Hara1, David J. Russell19, Anne F. Sell20, Moritz Sonnewald10, Stefan Stoll2, 21, Andrea Sundermann2, Oliver Tackenberg22, Michael Türkay10†, Fernando Valladares23, Kok van Herk24, Roel van Klink25, Rikjan Vermeulen26, Karin Voigtländer19, Rüdiger Wagner27, Erik Welk15, 17, Martin Wiemers5, Karen H. Wiltshire16 and Katrin Böhning-Gaese1, 22 Climate change, land-use change, pollution and exploitation are among the main drivers of species’ population trends; however, their relative importance is much debated. We used a unique collection of over 1,000 local population time series in 22 commu- nities across terrestrial, freshwater and marine realms within central Europe to compare the impacts of long-term temperature change and other environmental drivers from 1980 onwards. To disentangle different drivers, we related species’ population trends to species- and driver-specific attributes, such as temperature and habitat preference or pollution tolerance. We found a consistent impact of temperature change on the local abundances of terrestrial species. Populations of warm-dwelling species increased more than those of cold-dwelling species. In contrast, impacts of temperature change on aquatic species’ abundances were variable. Effects of temperature preference were more consistent in terrestrial communities than effects of habitat pref- erence, suggesting that the impacts of temperature change have become widespread for recent changes in abundance within many terrestrial communities of central Europe.
    [Show full text]
  • Mediterranean Marine Science Vol
    Mediterranean Marine Science Vol. 5/2, 2004, 53-64 Key for the identification of Mediterranean brachyuran megalopae D. PESSANI, T. TIRELLI & S. FLAGELLA Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e dell’Uomo, Via Accademia Albertina 17, 10123 Torino, Italy e-mail: [email protected] Abstract Based on larval literature, an identification key has been constructed for the megalopae of 55 species of Mediterranean Brachyura. This key is based mainly on external morphological characteristics visible, by using a microscope, limiting the necessity for dissection of specimens. Characteristics used include presence/absence of ornamentation on the carapace, number of abdominal somites, number and position of setae and/or spines on antennula, antenna, pereiopods and structure of uropods, etc. Partial dissection is only required to count the setae on the scaphognathite margin. Using the above characters, it is also possible to gather almost all the families into groups. However, the megalopae of Portunidae as well as those of the three species of Brachynotus genus are similar to each other and their identification at a specific level requires the use of features somehow variable and difficult to count. In the Majidae, the megalopae of 14 species are already known. The complexity of morphological characters typical of this family makes it difficult to define characters common to all spider crab megalopae. Nevertheless, the key may be an aid for carcinology studies, especially those including sorting and identification of megalopae from plankton samples. Keywords: Larval development; Larval morphology; Key; Decapoda; Brachyura; Mediterranean Sea. Introduction obtaining this phase usually results in a high zoeal mortality. The larval development of Brachyura Of the 138 species of Brachyura totally present (Crustacea, Decapoda) includes two or more in the Mediterranean (d’Udekem d’Acoz, 1999), planktonic stages of zoea and the plankto- one or more zoeal stages are known for 78 benthonic stage of megalopa.
    [Show full text]
  • 5.5. Biodiversity and Biogeography of Decapods Crustaceans in the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem the R
    Biodiversity and biogeography of decapods crustaceans in the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem Item Type Report Section Authors García-Isarch, Eva; Muñoz, Isabel Publisher IOC-UNESCO Download date 25/09/2021 02:39:01 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/1834/9193 5.5. Biodiversity and biogeography of decapods crustaceans in the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem For bibliographic purposes, this article should be cited as: García‐Isarch, E. and Muñoz, I. 2015. Biodiversity and biogeography of decapods crustaceans in the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem. In: Oceanographic and biological features in the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem. Valdés, L. and Déniz‐González, I. (eds). IOC‐ UNESCO, Paris. IOC Technical Series, No. 115, pp. 257‐271. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/9193. The publication should be cited as follows: Valdés, L. and Déniz‐González, I. (eds). 2015. Oceanographic and biological features in the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem. IOC‐UNESCO, Paris. IOC Technical Series, No. 115: 383 pp. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/9135. The report Oceanographic and biological features in the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem and its separate parts are available on‐line at: http://www.unesco.org/new/en/ioc/ts115. The bibliography of the entire publication is listed in alphabetical order on pages 351‐379. The bibliography cited in this particular article was extracted from the full bibliography and is listed in alphabetical order at the end of this offprint, in unnumbered pages. ABSTRACT Decapods constitute the dominant benthic group in the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem (CCLME). An inventory of the decapod species in this area was made based on the information compiled from surveys and biological collections of the Instituto Español de Oceanografía.
    [Show full text]
  • Downloaded 21 December 2009
    anmarine evolutionary perspective ecology ^ » EDITORIAL Mar'ne Ecology-ISSN °173-9565 Marine biology in time and space Indeed for the study of long-lived organisms such as Introduction cetaceans, long-term and extensive data sets are necessary This volume comprises a number of the papers presented to derive even the most fundamental life-history traits at the 44th European Marine Biology Symposium (EMBS) (A rrigoni et al. 2011). hosted by the University of Liverpool in September 2009. It is clear that marine systems may be influenced by The theme of the science programme was ‘Marine Biology large scale environmental phenomena such as climatic in Time and Space’. The papers focused on describing pat­ variations and human activities, especially in heavily terns across a variety of spatial and temporal scales but exploited areas such as the Mediterranean Sea (Ligas et al. with the emphasis on seeking understanding and explana­ 2011). It is also becoming increasingly clear that while we tions for those patterns. Time and space define the four strive to understand the mechanisms controlling the dimensions in which scientific observations are grounded. dynamics of marine communities, the communities them­ Indeed Vito Volterra’s first model of coupled temporal selves, such as those around the UK are changing over interactions was developed by Umberto D’Ancona to time (Spencer et al. 2011). In contrast, surveys of the rel­ study the interaction between fishery stocks and fishing atively unmodified White Sea indicate an absence of sub­ effort, a moment considered by some to be the starting stantial change in the structure of benthic communities point for modern ecology (Boero 2009; Gatto 2009).
    [Show full text]
  • PROTECTING the NORTH SEA: CLEAVER BANK PROTECTING the NORTH SEA: CLEAVER BANK European Headquarters - Madrid E-Mail: [email protected]
    Netherlands United Kingdom PROTECTING THE NORTH SEA: CLEAVER BANK PROTECTING THE NORTH SEA: CLEAVER BANK European Headquarters - Madrid E-mail: [email protected] European Union Oce - Brussels E-mail: [email protected] Baltic and North Sea Oce - Copenhagen E-mail: [email protected] UK Oce - London E-mail: [email protected] Netherlands United Kingdom PROTECTING THE NORTH SEA: CLEAVER BANK CREDITS Citation: Álvarez, H., Perry, A.L., Blanco, J., Petersen, H.C. & Aguilar, R. 2019. Protecting the North Sea: Cleaver Bank. Oceana, Madrid. 36 p. Cover: Garden of dead man’s fingers Alcyonium( digitatum). All photos are © OCEANA, unless otherwise stated. Acknowledgements: Oceana warmly acknowledges the crew of MV Neptune for their hard work and assistance during the 2016 North Sea expedition. This project was made possible thanks to the generous support of the Dutch Postcode Lottery. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION, 5 FINDINGS, 8 Habitats and communities, 8 Features of conservation interest, 14 PROPOSAL FOR PROTECTION, 19 REFERENCES AND NOTES, 22 ANNEX: LIST OF SPECIES, 29 3 © OCEANA / Juan Cuetos INTRODUCTION and FINDINGS 4 INTRODUCTION leaver Bank (Klaverbank in Dutch) extends over 1235 km2 Cin a transboundary area shared between the UK and the Netherlands (Fig. 1). In comparison with surrounding areas, it is home to a diverse benthic community and a wide variety of substrates, specifically gravel and dispersed rocks that originated in the last Ice Age (15 000 years ago).1 The relatively greater depth of Cleaver Bank in comparison with the
    [Show full text]
  • Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Iberian Peninsula (SW Europe)
    SCIENTIA M ARINA 79(2) June 2015, 243-256, Barcelona (Spain) ISSN-L: 0214-8358 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04161.27A Annotated checklist of brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Iberian Peninsula (SW Europe) Elena Marco-Herrero 1 , Pere Abelló 2 , Pilar Drake 1 , Jose Enrique García-Raso 3 , Juan Ignacio González-Gordillo 4 , Guillermo Guerao 5 , Ferran Palero 6 , Jose A. Cuesta 1 1 Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucía, CSIC, Campus de Excelencia Internacional del Mar, Avda. República Saharaui, 2, 11519 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain. E-mail: [email protected] 2 Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC, Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain. 3 Universidad de Málaga, Departamento de Biología Animal, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus de Excelencia Internacional del Mar, Campus de Teatinos s/n, 29071 Málaga, Spain. 4 CACYTMAR, Campus de Excelencia Internacional del Mar, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain. 5 Passeig Fabra i Puig 344, 08031 Barcelona, Spain. 6 INRA, Univ. Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, UMR 1355-7254 Institut Sophia Agrobiotech, 06900 Sophia Antipolis, France. Summary : Almost 50 years have passed since a group of reputed carcinologists ( viz . Lipke B. Holthuis, Isabella Gordon and Jacques Forest) finished the posthumous work of Ricardo Zariquiey Álvarez (1968) on decapod crustaceans of the Iberian Peninsula. No lists of decapod fauna specifically covering this area have been published since then, and an update is needed. The current list of brachyuran crabs of the Iberian Peninsula comprises 140 species, which is 35 species more than the 105 valid species listed in Zariquiey Álvarez (1968).
    [Show full text]
  • TYPE-LOCALITY.—Annobon Island, 01°25'S, 05°38'E, Gulf of Guinea. D
    72 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY TYPE-LOCALITY.—Annobon Island, 01°25'S, far north as 17°S. No representatives of the family 05°38'E, Gulf of Guinea. were taken by the Pillsbury. DISPOSITION OF TYPES.—The holotype (Crust. Corysles cassivelaunus (Pennant, \111). Southern D. 31543), a male specimen with carapace length Norway and Sweden southward to Gibraltar and and width 2.6 mm, is in the Rijksmuseum van the Mediterranean, in depths between 7 and 90 Natuurlijke Historic, Leiden. Two paratypes, a m; both Zariquiey Alvarez (1968) and Christian­ male and a female, also are in that collection and sen (1969) gave accounts of this species. a male and two female paratypes (USNM 169534) are in the National Museum of Natural Genus Nautilocorystes H. Milne Edwards, 1837 History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, Dicera de Haan, 1833:14 [invalid junior homonym oi Diem D. C. Germar, 1817 (Hymenoptera); type-species: Corysles [Di­ ETYMOLOGY.—It is a great pleasure to dedicate cera) octodenlata de Haan, 1833, a subjectivejuniorsynonym this new species to Dr. Isabella Gordon, British of Corysles ocellalus Gray, 1831, by monotypy; gender- feminine]. Museum (Natural History), who was the first to Naulilocorysles H. Milne Edwards,, 1837:149 [type-species: make the existence of the genus Sirpus known to Naulilocorysles ocellalus H. Milne Edwards, 1837, an invalid the world and who exhaustively treated the first junior homonym of Corysles ocellalus Gray, 1831, by two species assigned to it. monotypy; gender: masculine], DISTRIBUTION.—Our material of Sirpus gordonae Alyples Gistel, 1848:ix [substitute name for Dicera de Haan, 1833; type-species: Corysles {Dicera) octodentala de Haan, was obtained at Annobon during a fish poison 1833, a subjectivejunior synonym of Corysles ocellalus Gray, station at a sandy beach in a rocky cove.
    [Show full text]
  • A Technical Review Document on the Ecological, Social and Economic Features of the North Sea Region
    Work Package 1 EC FP7 project # 212881 A technical review document on the ecological, social and economic features of the North Sea region van Hal, R.1, Paramor, O.A.L2, Le Quesne, W.J.F.3, Aanesen, M.4, Hegland, T.5, Armstrong, C. 4, Raakær, J.5, van Hoof, L.J.W.1, van Overzee, H.M.J.1, Frid, C.L.J.2, Valesco, F.6 & Piet, G.J.1 1. Wageningen IMARES, PO Box 68, 1970 AB Ijmuiden, The Netherlands 2. School of Biological Sciences, Biosciences Building, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZB, UK 3. CEFAS, Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 0HT, UK 4. Norwegian College of Fishery Science, University of Tromsø, N-9037, Tromsø, Norway 5. Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 5, P.O. Box 159, DK – 9100, Aalborg, Denmark 6. Instituto Espanol de Oceanografia, Centro Oceanografico de Santander, PO Box 240, 39080 Santander, Spain Acknowledgements Much of the material used in this report is sourced from published material from the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) and the Oslo Paris Commission (OSPAR). We acknowledge this input as the work of an extensive scientific community. TABLE OF CONTENTS SUMMARY 1 1 OVERVIEW OF THE NORTH SEA 3 1.1 Ecological environment 4 1.1.1 Physical and Chemical Features 4 1.1.2 Spatial and temporal distribution of salinity 9 1.1.3 Spatial and temporal distribution of nutrients 12 1.1.4 pH, pCO2 profiles 14 1.1.5 Habitats 16 1.1.6 Biological Features 22 1.1.7 What constitutes Good Ecological Status? 28 1.2 Human Activities 38 1.2.1 Shipping 38 1.2.2 Shipping Marine Aggregate
    [Show full text]