dc.creatorLeal Flórez, Jenny
dc.creatorRueda Hernández, Mario Enrique
dc.creatorWolf, Matthias
dc.date2022-01-16T01:30:34Z
dc.date2022-01-16T01:30:34Z
dc.date2008
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-28T19:39:41Z
dc.date.available2023-08-28T19:39:41Z
dc.identifier0007-4977
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10495/25314
dc.identifierhttps://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/2008/00000082/00000003/art00007
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8465964
dc.descriptionABSTRACT: Changes in native fish abundance (catch per unit effort–CPUE) and species composition were assessed before and after the introduction of Oreochromis niloticus Linnaeus, 1757 (Nile tilapia) in the Caribbean estuary Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta (CGSM), northern Colombia. Multiple regression analysis was used to relate the abundance of O. niloticus to that of non-native fishes and environmental variables such as salinity, dissolved oxygen, pH, local rainfall, and river discharge. Species composition and abundance of native fishes were found to vary with environmental conditions in different zones but on a large scale, overall abundance remained approximately constant over all studied periods. Abundance of the native catfish Cathorops mapale Betancur-R. and Acero-P., 2005 was negatively related to the abundance of O. niloticus, and both varied with salinity. Overall fish diversity varied in periods when O. niloticus was present, which coincided with low salinity conditions. Our findings indicate that environmental fluctuations constrain the long-term establishment of O. niloticus in the estuary and thus its possible effects on abundance and species composition of the native ichthyofauna. However, it is feasible that the arrival of a more tolerant strain of O. niloticus, its future adaptation to the variable environment, or a longer duration of freshwater conditions in the estuary, could favor its long-term proliferation. In such a case, the occurrence of negative impacts on the native fishes cannot be disregarded. This is, to our knowledge, the first study investigating the impacts of O. niloticus on the ichthyofauna of a Caribbean estuary.
dc.descriptionCOL0023849
dc.format16
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherUniversity Of Miami. Institute Of Marine Science
dc.publisherGISMAC. Grupo de Investigación en Sistemas Marinos y Costeros
dc.publisherMiami, Estados Unidos
dc.relationBull. Mar. Sci.
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/co/
dc.rightshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectItiología
dc.subjectIchthyology
dc.subjectPeces
dc.subjectFishes
dc.subjectOreochromis niloticus
dc.subjecthttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_34687
dc.titleRole of the NON-NATIVE fish Oreochromis niloticus in the long-term variations of abundance and species composition of the native ichthyofauna in a Caribbean estuary
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.typehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1
dc.typehttps://purl.org/redcol/resource_type/ART
dc.typeArtículo de investigación


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