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Olivier, Damien; Loiseau, Nicolas; Petatan-ramirez, David; Trujillo Milian, Oscar; Suarez-castillo, Alvin N.; Torre, Jorge; Munguia-vega, Adrian; Reyes-bonilla, Hector. |
The Gulf of California (GC) is a semi-closed sea in the Tropical Eastern Pacific and is recognised as a highly diverse marine ecosystem. Despite this status, this region is still poorly studied in comparison to other marine hotspots. To start filling this gap, we attempt to provide a global overview of reef-fish diversity around the numerous islands of the region. We evaluated species richness, the abundance and biomass, and the functional diversity of the fish assemblages for the major islands of the GC. We first highlight that the southwestern part of the central GC is the hotspot of reef-fishes diversity within the GC, in terms of species richness, functional diversity, and fish abundance. We then found out an important functional divergence between... |
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Palavras-chave: Biodiversity; Biologically important area; Functional traits; Marine protected area; Sea of Cortez; Tropical Eastern Pacific. |
Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00476/58786/62421.pdf |
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