A5031298180- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- Marine and fisheries research
- Echinoderm biology and ecology
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Cephalopods and Marine Biology
- Physiological and biochemical adaptations
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Environmental and Ecological Studies
- Crustacean biology and ecology
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Marine animal studies overview
- Infectious Diseases and Mycology
- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- International Maritime Law Issues
- Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Diverse Academic Research Areas
Universidad del Valle
2013-2025
Universidad del Valle
2017-2018
Universidad del Valle
2017
Kyushu University
2003-2007
Abstract Aim We evaluated whether patterns of species diversity (α, β and γ) rocky shore assemblages followed latitudinal gradients (i.e. LDGs) along the South American coasts, tested hypotheses related to potential processes sustaining or disrupting expected LDG pattern at various spatial scales. Location Coasts America. Taxon Macroalgae sessile/slow‐moving macrofauna on intertidal shores. Methods changes in composition across 143 sites. The degree replacement loss different scales regions...
The infraclass Euthyneura (Mollusca, Heterobranchia) exhibits significant diversity in morphology, size, life habits, and color. Several species are important for research evolution, ecology, chemistry, pharmacology. Despite Colombia’s expansive Pacific Caribbean coasts, which host ecosystems such as rocky shores coral reefs, key habitats sea slugs hares, the biodiversity of remains largely understudied. This study aims to expand inventory intertidal shallow subtidal reef environments...
Transplantation of coral fragments is a common procedure for the restoration degraded reefs. In Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP), branching Pocillopora damicornis main reef-builder, and it frequently propagates through natural fragmentation; therefore candidate efforts in this region. To evaluate usefulness P. reef TEP, three lengths were used: small (1–2 cm), medium (4 cm) large (7 cm). Fragments these sizes attached on back-reef, flat crest La Azufrada (Gorgona Island, Colombian Pacific)....
Acquiring marine biodiversity data is difficult, costly, and time-consuming, making it challenging to understand the distribution abundance of life in ocean. Historically, approaches sampling over large geographic scales have advocated for equivalent effort across multiple sites minimize comparative bias. When cannot be equalized, techniques such as rarefaction been applied biases by reverting diversity estimates numbers samples or individuals. This often results oversampling wasted...
Regular sea-urchins are one of the main bioeroding organisms affecting coral reefs around world. The abundance, distribution and bioerosion rate sea-urchin Centrostephanus coronatus, were determined in different reef zones Playa Blanca fringing (Gorgona Island, Colombian pacific coast) during 1997 1998. erosion rates calcinating gut content to eliminate all organic components preserve inorganic portion calcium carbonate. C. coronatus showed highest densities towards central (plain-crest...
Organisms found on rocky shores must endure harsh environmental conditions during tidal changes but scientific studies tropical are scarce, particularly in Colombian shores. Here we describe the spatial distribution of macroinvertebrates associated to intertidal ecosystems Gorgona Island, Colombia (Tropical Eastern Pacific). Sampling was carried out four localities around Island: La Ventana and Camaronera (sampled October 2010) Mancora El Muelle March 2011). Two methodologies were used:...
MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsTheme Sections 265:289-295 (2003) - doi:10.3354/meps265289 Internal bioerosion by macroborers in Pocillopora spp. tropical eastern Pacific Edgardo Londoño-Cruz1,2,*, Jaime R. Cantera2, Gerardo Toro-Farmer2, Carlos Orozco2 1Amakusa Biological Laboratory, Kyushu University, Tomioka, Reihoku-cho, Amakusa, Kumamoto-ken...
The composition of marine macroinvertebrates in two localities (Isla Palma and Los Negritos) Malaga Bay was studied. This bay is located the Pacific coast Colombia recently declared National Natural Park. rapid ecological assessment revealed a total 128 species belonging to 64 families 11 classes (including threatened species). most common groups were: Gastropoda (27%), Polychaeta (26%), Malacostraca (16%) Pelecypoda (13%). Even though sites are relatively near, being apart only by 6 km,...
The environmental protection of tropical marine and coastal areas faces different challenges due to the diversity aspects related these areas, which include natural, social economical issues. Despite challenges, efforts for are urgent nowadays because dramatical increase human threats like habitat destruction population growth. Malaga Bay (MB) is a tectonic estuarine system located in Panama Bight (central region Colombian Pacific coast), its origin shows important characteristics few sites...
The increasing activity in morphological studies has provided new tools to analyses the shape quantitatively, these quantitative measurements allow researcher examine variation and perform analysis differences among species shapes, where geometric morphometrics rendered great results last years. This study was focused on assessing morphometric between populations of Lottia mesoleuca family Lottidae, an abundant group gastropods rocky ecosystems Bahía Málaga Isla Gorgona (Colombian Pacific)....
The form, condition, and survival of coral reefs depends on the balance between construction destruction. Natural processes such as bioerosion can cause this to lean towards destruction, threatening these ecosystems. Polychaetes sipunculids are members boring community; however, knowledge their identity role in bioerosive process capacity remove calcium carbonate (CaCO 3 ) Eastern Tropical Pacific (ETP) is scarce. To tackle problem, 5 experimental units Pocillopora spp. branches were...
Abstract Constancy or scale variance of species–area and abundance–area relationships has rarely been considered within relatively small spatial domains a local assemblage. Patterns species/abundance–area were experimentally investigated in stone‐associated molluscan community on subtropical boulder shore. In order to systematically examine the effects variation habitat area while maintaining other characteristics constant through time, naturally occurring stones selected divided into...
The production and accumulation of carbonate reef framework is the positive component development. main organisms participating in this process are corals crustose coralline algae (CCA) because their combined calcareous skeletons construct help to consolidate frameworks. We assessed contribution (i.e. gross production) CCA calcium (CaCO 3 ) budget 2 largest most developed reefs Gorgona Island (Pacific coast Colombia). On each zone (back [BR], flat [RP], front [RF], slope [RS]) these reefs,...
A first record of occurrence the irregular sea urchin Lovenia cordiformis in Colombian Pacific is herein reported. We collected one specimen at Gorgona Island (Colombia) a shallow sandy bottom next to coral reef. Basic morphological data and images are presented. The now lies Echinoderm Collection Marine Biology Section Universidad del Valle (Cali, Colombia; Tag Code UNIVALLE: CRBMeq-UV: 2014–001). This report fills gap completes distribution species along entire coast Panamic Province...
The occurrence of Echinothrix calamaris Pallas, 1774 is reported for the first time in Colombia. Three specimens were collected two fringing reefs (La Azufrada and Playa Blanca) at Gorgona Island. now lie Echinoderm Collection Marine Biology Section Universidad del Valle (Cali, Colombia). This finding constitutes a range extension towards Tropical Eastern Pacific, with only one previous record from Cocos list Echinoids Pacific coast Colombia comprises 30 species.
Standardized methods for effectively and rapidly monitoring changes in the biodiversity of marine ecosystems are critical to assess status trends ways that comparable between locations over time. In intertidal subtidal habitats, estimates fractional cover abundance organisms typically obtained with traditional quadrat-based methods, collection photoquadrat imagery is a standard practice. However, visual analysis quadrats, either field or from photographs, can be very time-consuming....
A new species of polychaete, Parasphaerosyllis malimalii (Syllidae), inhabiting coral colonies Pocillopora spp. was described on Coiba Island (Pacific coast Panama) by Capa et al. (2001a). To improve its description and provide additional ecological remarks, 73 specimens P. malimalii, found in dead fragments two research projects bioerosion Gorgona (Colombian Pacific coast), between March 1998 December 1999, June 2015 August 2018, were examined measured. The average (±SD) length (in mm) the...
Abstract Knowledge of thermal tolerance limits provides important clues to the capacity a species withstand acute and chronic changes. Climate models predict increase intensification events such as heat waves, therefore understanding upper that can tolerate has become utmost importance. We measured endemic Magdalena river stingray Potamotrygon magdalenae acclimated experimental conditions, then used critical methodology find temperature at which an organism reaches endpoint where locomotory...
El conocimiento de los gusanos bioerosionadores en arrecifes coralinos del Pacífico Tropical Oriental (PTO) colombiano es escaso. Para saber qué especies perforan estos sustratos se utilizaron unidades experimentales hechas ramas muertas Pocillopora spp., las cuales estuvieron expuestas la isla Gorgona (Pacífico colombiano) durante varios periodos tiempo. Un total 571 21 fueron recolectados; estas, 18 son poliquetos y 3 sipúnculos. La mayoría estas corresponden a nuevos registros para el PTO...
Se analizaron taxonomicamente por medio de caracteres la concha 233 especimenes del genero Echinolittorina (familia Littorinidae) recolectados en ecosistemas rocosos Pacifico colombiano. Los revisados se encuentran depositados Coleccion Referencia Biologia Marina Universidad Valle (CRBMUV) y provienen localidades los departamentos Cauca (Bahia Malaga, Bahia Buenaventura), (Isla Gorgona, Guapi) Narino (Mulatos, Parque Nacional Natural Sanquianga). Hasta este trabajo, pensaba que esta familia...
Coral reefs are very important and highly biodiverse ecosystems that exposed to various stressors, including biological ones, such as parasitism corallivory – the direct consumption of coral tissue by a predator. Knowledge on effects in Colombian Pacific is poor. Therefore study was set up quantify abundance rate snail Jenneria pustulata La Azufrada Playa Blanca (Gorgona Island, Colombia). Snails were manually sampled from underside Pocillopora sp. colonies measured situ determine their size...