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En El Océano Pacífico Mexicano El presente libro es una obra académica y de divulgación cientíca que presenta resultados de proyectos de investi- gación y de análisis de información actual, concerniente a Estudios recientes estudios en el océano Pacíco mexicano como una plata- forma para la formación cientíca y académica de estu- diantes de licenciatura y posgrado. En esta obra participan EN EL OCÉANO PACÍFICO diversas universidades, institutos y centros de Investiga- ción de todo el país que han enfocado sus esfuerzos en aportar conocimiento a esta región del mundo. MEXICANO Alfredo Pérez Morales María del Carmen Álvarez García Coordinadores Estudios recientes en el océano Pacífico mexicano Pacífico en el océano Estudios recientes • Coordinadores García Álvarez | María del Carmen Morales Pérez Alfredo Estudios recientes EN EL OCÉANO PACÍFICO MEXICANO enfoque académico Universidad de Colima Mtro. José Eduardo Hernández Nava, Rector Mtro. Christian Jorge Torres Ortiz Zermeño, Secretario General Mtra. Vianey Amezcua Barajas, Coordinadora General de Comunicación Social Mtra. Gloria Guillermina Araiza Torres, Directora General de Publicaciones Estudios recientes EN EL OCÉANO PACÍFICO MEXICANO Alfredo Pérez Morales María del Carmen Álvarez García COORDINADORES © UNIVERSIDAD DE COLIMA, 2018 Avenida Universidad 333 C.P. 28040, Colima, Colima, México Dirección General de Publicaciones Teléfonos: (312) 316 10 81 y 316 10 00, extensión 35004 Correo electrónico: [email protected] www.ucol.mx ISBN: 978-607-8549-38-2 Derechos reservados conforme a la ley Proceso editorial certificado con normas ISO desde 2005 Dictaminación y edición registradas en el Sistema Editorial Electrónico PRED Registro: LI-012-18 Recibido: Junio de 2018 Publicado: Diciembre de 2018 Índice Introducción ............................................................................................. 9 Autofluorescencia verde y amarillo-naranja en el plancton de Cuenca Alfonso, bahía de La Paz, Golfo de California ..................... 11 Aída Martínez-López Cristian Hakspiel-Segura Alfredo Pérez-Morales Gerardo Verdugo-Díaz Colonización y sucesión de organismos marinos implicados en el proceso de biofouling en paneles sumergidos en La Paz, Baja California Sur, México .................................................. 25 Elizabeth del Carmen Galicia-Nicolás Ruth Noemí Águila-Ramírez Erika Guadalupe Rico-Virgen Marco Antonio Medina-López Depredación de copépodos sobre paralarvas del complejo Sthenoteuthis-oualaniensis-Dosidicus gigas en el Golfo de California ...... 43 José Ricardo Palomares-García Roxana De Silva-Dávila Raymundo Avendaño-Ibarra Efecto de condiciones ambientales en la producción de exopolímero en cultivos de diatomea Navicula yarrensis y su efecto antibacterial ... 63 Ricardo Alfonso Méndez-Sepúlveda Sonia Isabel Quijano-Scheggia Aramis Olivos-Ortiz Juan Heberto Gaviño-Rodríguez Especies fitoplanctónicas formadoras de FAN en el Pacífico tropical mexicano: riesgos locales y regionales ..................................... 77 Alfredo Pérez-Morales José Antolín Aké-Castillo Carlos Francisco Rodríguez-Gómez Evaluación de ácido domoico en moluscos bivalvos de la costa de Oaxaca (julio de 2014–junio de 2015) ............................. 93 Ivonne Sandra Santiago-Morales Yolanda Huante-González Bany Jiménez Solar Jaime Saúl Serrano-Guzmán Norma Arcelia Barrientos-Luján Heladio Espíndola-Ávila Andrés Pacheco-Ruiz Evaluación microbiológica del agua y ostión en las bahías: Puerto Ángel, La Mina y Tijera en la costa de Oaxaca, México .......... 111 Yolanda Huante-González Ivonne Sandra Santiago-Morales Minerva e Isis Camacho-Sánchez Yolanda Guadalupe García-Huante Fitoplancton y su relación con la concentración de clorofila y nutrientes en la parte central de la costa de Oaxaca ........................ 131 Miriam Hueytletl-Pérez Aramis Olivos-Ortiz Sonia Isabel Quijano-Scheggia Carlos Augusto Zenteno-Palma Ivonne Sandra Santiago-Morales Saúl Jaime Serrano-Gúzman Yolanda Huante-González Gustavo Oviedo-Piamonte María de los Ángeles Horta-García Incendios forestales sobre la vegetación del municipio de Tomatlán, Jalisco, en el periodo 2010-2016 .................................... 153 Julio César Morales-Hernández Víctor Manuel Cornejo-López Jorge Ignacio Chavoya-Gama Javier Leopoldo López-Rubio Iris Leticia Camba-Pérez La biodiversidad de copépodos en la bahía de La Paz, Golfo de California ............................................................................... 171 José Ricardo Palomares-García Sergio Hernández-Trujillo Gabriela María Esqueda-Escárcega Alfredo Pérez-Morales Cultivo de larvas de peces en el Pacífico mexicano: Problemáticas y perspectivas ............................................................... 189 Emyr Saúl Peña-Marín Leonardo Ibarra-Castro Juan Manuel Martínez-Brown Dariel Tovar-Ramírez Gloria Gertrudys Asencio-Alcudia Alfredo Pérez-Morales Carlos Alfonso Álvarez-González Potencial bioactivo de organismos marinos del Pacífico mexicano .... 211 Claudia Judith Hernández-Guerrero Mauricio Muñoz-Ochoa Sergio Martínez-Díaz Recopilación de datos climáticos históricos para observar tendencias básicas de cambio climático en Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco ... 233 Abner Alain Torres-Mascot Víctor Manuel Cornejo-López Julio César Morales-Hernández Riqueza de paralarvas de cefalópodos en el Pacífico mexicano .......... 249 Roxana De Silva-Dávila Jasmín Granados-Amores Rubén Melvyn García-Guillén Raymundo Avendaño-Ibarra Martín Enrique Hernández-Rivas Gerardo Aceves-Medina Jaime Gómez-Gutiérrez Gloria del Carmen Pelayo-Martínez María del Carmen Franco-Gordo Aramis Olivos-Ortiz Deivis Samuel Palacios-Salgado Rompeolas alternativos y su efecto en la redistribución de la energía del oleaje ........................................................................ 275 David Cueva-Rodríguez Manuel Gerardo Verduzco-Zapata Marco Antonio Galicia-Pérez Aramis Olivos-Ortiz Ernesto Torres-Orozco Simulación numérica tridimensional de un sistema de bombeo para desalinización de agua marina impulsado por oleaje .................. 293 Manuel Gerardo Verduzco-Zapata Juan Carlos Alcérreca-Huerta Julieta Hernández-López Conclusiones ........................................................................................ 307 Autores/as ............................................................................................ 309 Introducción l libro Estudios recientes en el océano Pacífico mexicano es una Eobra académica y de divulgación científica que presenta resul- tados de proyectos de investigación y de análisis de información actual, y que se concibe como una plataforma para la formación científica y académica de estudiantes de licenciatura y posgrado, ya que en ella se presentan trabajos que son el inicio de un que- hacer que los ahora estudiantes deberán adoptar como un proce- so constante de generar y divulgar sus resultados derivados de di- versas investigaciones. En esta obra participan diversas universi- dades, institutos y centros de investigación de todo el país que han enfocado sus esfuerzos en aportar conocimiento a esta región del mundo. Los trabajos presentados en este libro se centran en las te- máticas de la oceanografía en la mayoría de sus especialidades: biología, ecología, acuacultura y pesquerías, cambio climático, in- geniería oceánica y gestión de recursos oceánicos. Se incorporan temas tales como: La autofluorescencia por parte del plancton en el Golfo de California; El incrustamiento de organismos marinos implicados en el proceso de biofouling; Depredación de copépodos sobre paralarvas de calamares; Producción de exopolímero en cul- tivos de diatomeas y su efecto antibacterial; Especies fitoplanctó- nicas formadoras de florecimientos contemplando sus riesgos lo- cales y regionales; Evaluación de compuestos tóxicos como el áci- 9 INTRODUCCIÓN do domoico en moluscos bivalvos; Evaluación microbiológica del agua y ostión en la costa de Oaxaca; Fitoplancton y su relación con la concentración de clorofila y nutrientes; Incendios forestales; La biodiversidad de copépodos en la bahía de La Paz; Cultivo de lar- vas de peces en el Pacífico mexicano; Potencial bioactivo de orga- nismos marinos; Datos climáticos históricos para determinar ten- dencias en el cambio climático; Riqueza de paralarvas de cefalópo- dos en el Pacífico mexicano; Rompeolas alternativos y la energía del oleaje; y Modelación de un sistema de bombeo para la desalini- zación de agua marina. Para la Universidad de Colima es importante brindar los medios para difundir las investigaciones científicas y tecnológicas que se desarrollan en nuestro país por investigadores de alto pres- tigio y sus colaboradores, incluyendo a sus discípulos. Esta prácti- ca también contribuye a los objetivos institucionales entre los que se encuentran el desarrollo sostenible y la educación universita- ria con responsabilidad social, por lo que esta plataforma contribu- ye a la producción y difusión de conocimientos socialmente per- tinentes. También es una obra que brinda un espacio al uso amplio, sistemático y socialmente responsable de la comunicación y de la interacción con pares académicos y sectores sociales a través de trabajo multidisciplinario y colaborativo que se ve reflejado en tra- bajos pertinentes e importantes para entender y con esto aprove- char de manera adecuada y sustentable los recursos marinos. Me es grato presentar este libro que seguramente será de gran ayuda y utilidad para diversos investigadores que abordan las distintas líneas de investigación que incluye; a su vez, el público en general puede informarse
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