Estructura de la comunidad del Phylum Echinodermata en aguas someras de la bahía de Taganga, caribe colombiano

The Taganga bay supports a strong anthropogenic pressure that threatens the communities and marine ecosystems established in this sector, especially organisms sensible to environmental changes and contamination like the echinoderms. In this study, the structure of the Phylum Echinodermata community in shallows waters of Taganga bay was determined, with the purpose of establishing a base line for monitoring the human activities impact on the marine fauna of this tourist sector. For the survey of the main species of this phylum, field trips were organized from January to September of 2006, identifying the existing species of echinoderms in the area by visual census and manual collects. The samplings were taken in the intermareal zone up to a depths of <10m; the 283 specimens collected were identified in the laboratory of CIZEM at the Magdalena University following the corresponding keys for each class and genus. A systematic list is presented for this locality that includes 18 species of echinoderms distributed in five classes and twelve, being the Class Echinoidea and Ophiuroidea the best represented in terms of richness with seven and six species respectively, as well as of relative abundance.

• Autores: Gaitán Espitia, Juan D.
• Tipo de recurso: Article of journal
• Fecha de publicación: 2008
• Institución: Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas y Ambientales U.D.C.A
• Repositorio: Repositorio Institucional UDCA
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.udca.edu.co:11158/2470
• Acceso en línea: https://revistas.udca.edu.co/index.php/ruadc/article/view/605
• Palabra clave: Phylum echinodermata; Equinodermos; Caribe colombiano; Diversidad; Zona intermareal; Aguas somera; Taganga; Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea
• Rights: openAccess
• License: Derechos Reservados - Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas y Ambientales