Spatial and temporal changes in the demersal fish community of the Ría de Arosa (NW Spain)

The demersal fish community was sampled seasonally in three. habitats (beach, raft and middle) of the inner, middle, and outer Ria de Arosa (NW Spain). A total of 73 species of demersal fish, dominated by the family Gobiidae, were found. There were no irportant seasonal changes in abundance, with si...

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Autor: Iglesias-Estévez, José
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1981
País:España
Recursos:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:dnet:digitalcsic_::84fc43840bd15942330f36df1a918d39
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/315307
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo
Acuicultura
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Resumo:The demersal fish community was sampled seasonally in three. habitats (beach, raft and middle) of the inner, middle, and outer Ria de Arosa (NW Spain). A total of 73 species of demersal fish, dominated by the family Gobiidae, were found. There were no irportant seasonal changes in abundance, with sim ilarity values always higher than 60% between samples from two different sampling periods. Raft stations in the ria show the highest values of abundunce all year, containing almost 1 individual m-2 in winter. The highest diversity indices were those from beach areas (2.11 to 2.27) and the lowest ones those from middle areas (1.13 t0 1.86). Similarity indices and factorial analysis revealed three major groupings of species and samples. related to water depth and nature of the bottom.