Estudio del fitobentos del Roque de los Órganos (Gomera) : catálogo florístico

RESUMEN: Se realiza el estudio de la flora marina del Roque de Los Organos, don de fueron recolectadas 59 especies, de las cuales 1 Phaeophyta, Giffordia - intermedia (Rosenv.) Lund y 2 Rhodophyta, Celidium latifolium (Greville) Dornet 6 Thuret y Castrocloniuni clavatum (Roth) Ardisson,resultaron nuevas para e l Archipiélago Canario. 21 especies son citadas por primera vez para la isla de Gomera. ABSTRACT: The marine algae inhabiting Roque de Los Organos have been studied . A total of 59 species have been collected , 21 of which represent new records for the island of Gomera and 1 Phaeophyta, GifFordia intermedia (Rosenv.) Lund, and 2 Rhodophyta, Celidium latifolium (Greville) Bornet 6 Thuret and Gastroclonium clavatum (Roth) Ardisson new records for the Canary Islands .

Diadema antillarum (Philippi, 1845) en Canarias : procesos determinantes de la estructura y organización de comunidades bentónicas

[ES]El erizo de púas largas, Diadema antillarum-b (Philippi, 1845), es una especie gregaria que se encuentra en los fondos rocosos submareales del Atlántico Este, desde Madeira al Golfo de Guinea. Este equinodermo juega un papel importante en la organización y estructura de los sustratos rocosos someros al estar implicado directamente en la transformación de extensas áreas, denominadas localmente como ?blanquizales?, previamente recubiertas de macroalgas a substratos carentes de ellas con la excepción de ciertas algas rojas incrustantes. A lo largo de esta memoria de tesis doctoral se plantearon diversas líneas de investigación que nos permitieron profundizar en el conocimiento de los patrones de abundancia y distribución, segregación batimétrica y procesos determinantes de la organización de comunidades bentónicas litorales

Dinoflagelados de Canarias: estudio taxonómico y ecológico

Se pretende ofrecer una visión, lo más rigurosa y completa posible, de los dinoflagelados observados en aguas de la plataforma y talud del archipiélago Canario. El estudio es fhndamentalmente taxonómico y se ha cuidado en especial que las descripciones fuesen lo más originales posibles y que estuvieran acompañadas de una abundante iconografía, contribuyendo al mejor conocimiento de los dinoflagelados con la descripción de 207 foras observadas en 332 muestras recolectadas en el área de estudio.

Restoration of Cymodocea nodosa (Uchria) Ascherson seagrass prairies through seed propagation. Germination in vitro, plantlet acclimation and transplanting to natural meadows.

[EN] The seagrass Cymodocea nodosa (Ucria) Ascherson is the most abundant seagrass species in the Canary Islands (Spain), where it forms dense submerged, ecologically relevant communities as stable and protected habitats. As with other seagrasses, concern has arisen due to a decline in the number and extension of the communities as the result of adverse activities in coastal areas. Seed germination and planting are assumed as cost-effective method for restoration. In the frame of the restoration of natural populations of Cymodocea nodosa, pilot experiences not tested so far in the Canary Islands have been carried out to developed in vitro techniques to produce viable seedlings and its transference to the natural environment.

Evaluación ambiental de aguas costeras y puertos deportivos a partir de la comunidad fitoplanctónica en las Islas Canarias, España

Programa de doctorado: Ecología y gestión de recursos vivos marinos

La ULPGC en el volcán de El Hierro

[ES] Mesa redonda organizada por el Vicerrectorado de Cultura y Deporte de la Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) en la que investigadores de distintos grupos de investigación que han participado en campañas en El Hierro exponen resultados obtenidos hasta el momento en torno a la erupción volcánica en octubre de 2011 en la Isla de El Hierro (Islas Canarias, España). Presenta el acto la Vicerrectora de Cultura y Deporte, Isabel Pascua Febles y modera el Director de Servicios de Apoyo a la I+D+I, José Antonio Carta González. Participan, Francisco José Pérez Torrado (GEOVOL), Antonio Juan González Ramos (División de robótica y oceanografía computacional, ROC-IUSIANI), Javier Arístegui Ruiz (Instituto Universitario de Oceanografía y Cambio Global), Magdalena Santana Casiano (QUIMA), Francisco Eugenio González (Grupo de procesado de imágenes y teledetección) y Ricardo Haroun Tabraue (Grupo de biodiversidad y conservación).

Análisis espacio-temporal de las praderas de Cymodocea nodosa (Ucria) Ascherson en la isla de Gran Canaria

Máster Oficial en Gestión Costera

Setting up interpretation criteria for juvenile and adult European anchovy otoliths from Canary Islands

Máster en Gestión Sostenible de Recursos Pesqueros

Reproductive biology of the sea cucumber Holothuria sanctori (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea)

[EN] The reproductive biology of the sea cucumber Holothuria sanctori was studied over 24 months (February 2009 to January 2011) at Gran Canaria through the gonad index and a combination of macro- and microscopic analysis of the gonads. Holothuria sanctori showed a 1:1 sex ratio and a seasonal reproductive cycle with a summer spawning: the mean gonad index showed a maximum (3.99±0.02) in summer (June-July) and a minimum (0.05±0.04) between late autumn (November) and early spring (March). Females had significantly wider gonad tubules than males. First maturity occurred at a size of 201 to 210 mm, a gutted body weight of 101 to 110 g and a total weight of 176 to 200 g. Holothuria sanctori shows a typical temperate species reproduction pattern. These results could be useful for managing current extractions of H. sanctori in the Mediterranean and in case a specific fishery is started in the eastern Atlantic region.

The relative influence of local to regional drivers of variation in reef fishes

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Drastic decadal decline of the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa at Gran Canaria (eastern Atlantic): interactions with the green algae Caulerpa prolifera

[EN] The shoot density, leaf length and biomass of the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa (Ucria) Ascherson were found to severely decline in the last 17 years in the oceanic island of Gran Canaria (central Eastern Atlantic). Five seagrass meadows were sampled in summer and winter of 1994-1995 and in winter and summer 2011. The decrease in C. nodosa correlated with a 3-fold increase in the biomass of the green rhizophytic algae Caulerpa prolifera (Forsskål) J.V. Lamoroux over the same time period, although this increase varied notably among meadows. We also documented a negative correlation between the biomass of C. nodosa and C. prolifera at the island-scale, sampling 16 meadows in 2011. Experimental evidence demonstrated that C. prolifera can cause significant negative impacts on C. nodosa: plots with total (100%) removals of C. prolifera had ca. 2.5 more shoots and 3.5 times more biomass of C. nodosa, after 8 months, compared to plots with 50% removals and untouched control plots. Interference by C. prolifera appears to partially explain the decay in the abundance of C. nodosa populations in Gran Canaria. This study, however, did not identify potential underlying processes and/or environmental alterations that may have facilitated the disappearance of C. nodosa.

Is there a link between the type of habitat and the patterns of abundance of holothurians in shallow rocky reefs?

[EN] The presence of a mosaic of habitats, largely determined by sea urchin grazing, across shallow rocky reefs may potentially influence in differences in the distribution patterns of invertebrates. The aim of this paper was to assess, using a correlative approach, whether the type of habitat influences the abundance patterns of holothurians in the eastern Atlantic. We hypothesized that abundances of large (> 10 cm) holothurians varied among four types of habitat (3 vegetated habitats with low abundances of the sea urchin D. antillarum versus ?barrens? with hyperabundances of sea urchins), and that these differences were consistent at a hierarchy of spatial scales, including two islands and several replicated sites within each type of habitat and island. Three species of large holothurians were found, accounting for a total of 300 specimens. We found remarkable differences in abundances of holothurians between the ?barrens? and the three vegetated habitats. This pattern was strongest for the numerically dominant species, Holothuria sanctorii. Total abundances of holothurians were between 5 ? 46 times more abundant in ?barrens? compared with the vegetated habitats. Inter-habitat differences were species-specific with some inconsistent patterns from one island to the other. The total abundances of holothurians tended to increase with the abundance of sea urchins within ?barrens?. Our study suggests that there may be a link, at least for the dominant species Holothuria sanctorii, between the distribution and abundances of large holothurians and the habitat across shallow-waters of the eastern Atlantic.

Zooplankton oxygen consumption and nutrient release in relation to species composition, animals size and enviromental conditions in the Baltic Sea during May and August

[EN] Zooplankton metabolism in terms of oxygen consumption and ñutrient reléase (ammonia, phosphate) were measiu'ed in the Baltic Sea, a températe área with high envirormiental changes both in space and in time. Plankton of the surface layer were analysed with balance measurements in 4 size classes between 50 and 1000 nm during spring in 1988, 1990 and 1991, in summer 19^8 and 1990 as well. The use of electrón transport system (ETS), and the Glutamate Dehydrogenase (GDH) activity as indicators for respiration and ammonia reléase respectively, enlarged the data density and made a three dimensional resolution available (May 1990, 1991). Data are in the range of the latitudinal dependend magnitude. They reflect slight interannual, more seasonal and regional aspects. Animáis size, temperature, food concentration, and species composition influence the specific rates