PRIMER REGISTRO DE LA DIATOMEA NAVICULA LUSORIA PARA MEXICO Y EL MAR CARIBE

Knowledge about benthic diatom flora in Mexico is partial and in many regions, among which the Mexican Caribbean stands, studies are lacking. Species belonging to the genus Navicula represent a challenge due to similarity in morphological and morphometric characters coupled with the limited informat...

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Autores: HERNANDEZ ALMEIDA, OSCAR UBISHA, LOPEZ FUERTE, FRANCISCO OMAR, HERRERA SILVEIRA, JORGE ALFREDO, ALDANA ARANDA, DALILA
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:México
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit
Repositorio:Repositorio Institucional Aramara de la UAN
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:dspace.uan.mx:123456789/986
Acceso en línea:http://dspace.uan.mx:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/986
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Diatomeas bentónicas
Caribe Mexicano
Península de Yucatán
Xel-há
Benthic diatoms
Mexican Caribbean
Navicula lusoria
Peninsula of Yucatan
Xel-ha
CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA [6]
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Sumario:Knowledge about benthic diatom flora in Mexico is partial and in many regions, among which the Mexican Caribbean stands, studies are lacking. Species belonging to the genus Navicula represent a challenge due to similarity in morphological and morphometric characters coupled with the limited information of morphological variation within populations by environmental changes. The aim of this study is to present the first record of Navicula lusoria to Mexico and the Caribbean Sea providing a description based on light and scanning electron microscopy. Navicula lusoria was observed as epipelic in brackish water in Xel-Há, Quintana Roo, hence, represents the expansion of the distribution range of this species. Although this species can easily be confused with Navicula digitoradiata, the original description of N. lusoria and the typification of N. digitoradiata allow to discriminate both species.