Resiliencia de la comunidad de meiobentos en tres playas del Ecuador frente al evento El Niño 2015 - 2016
Authors
León Mateo, Raquel Elizabeth
Abstract
La resiliencia se entiende como la capacidad de recuperación de un sistema después de una perturbación y volver a un estado similar al original al que se encontraba, o de mantener ciertas características funcionales claves pre-existentes. El objetivo de este estudio fue determinar la resiliencia de las comunidades meiobentónicas frente al evento “El Niño” 2015-16, en tres playas ecuatorianas. Esta resiliencia se midió mediante un índice multivariado de resiliencia (IMR) y en términos del restablecimiento de los atributos comunitario del meiobentos antes durante y después de que este fenómeno influencie en la costa de Ecuador. Se monitoreó un conjunto de tres estaciones de muestreo por un período de un año, caracterizando los cambios en la composición meiobentónica y en función a la variabilidad ambiental del agua de mar y sedimento de las playas. Los resultados muestran que los grupos taxonómicos encontrados en las playas arenosas de San Vicente son Nematodos, Platelmintos, Copépodos, Oligoquetos, Poliquetos, Foraminíferos y Alacaridos, siendo los nematodos el grupo con mayor densidad de individuos por cm2 con un 80 a 90%. Asimismo, que las playas de Canoa y Briceño son moderadamente resilientes, mientras que Punta Napo muestra bajo índice de resiliencia. Las trayectorias multivariadas muestran que el evento El Niño 2015-16 afectó las comunidades meiobentónicas de las tres playas hasta marzo 2016, junto con los efectos climáticos de la estacionalidad ambiental y el terremoto de abril 2016, por otro lado, los cambios en las abundancias de las comunidades del ecosistema de playas son dinámicos, ya que cambian de un estado original a otro estado impactado, pero la composición taxonómica no presentó cambios significativos.
Resilience is defined as the ability of a system to recover after a disturbance and return to a state similar to the original it was in, or to maintain certain key pre-existing functional characteristics. The objective of this study was to determine the resilience of the meiobenthic communities in the face of the “El Niño” 2015-16 event, in three Ecuadorian beaches. This resilience was measured using a multivariate index of resilience (IMR) and in terms of the restoration of the community attributes of the meiobentos before, during and after this phenomenon influences the coast of Ecuador. A set of three sampling stations was monitored for a period of one year, characterizing the changes in the meiobenthic composition and as a function of the environmental variability of seawater and beach sediment. The results show that the taxonomic groups found on the sandy beaches of San Vicente are Nematodes, Flatworms, Copepods, Oligochaetes, Polychaetes, Foraminifera and Alacarids, with nematodes being the group with the highest density of individuals per cm2 with 80 to 90%. Also, the beaches of Canoa and Briceño are moderately resilient, while Punta Napo shows a low index of resilience. The multivariate trajectories show that the 2015-16 El Niño event affected the meiobenthic communities of the three beaches until March 2016, together with the climatic effects of environmental seasonality and the April 2016 earthquake, on the other hand, changes in the abundances of the communities of the beach ecosystem are dynamic, since they change from an original state to another impacted state, but the taxonomic composition did not present significant changes.
Resilience is defined as the ability of a system to recover after a disturbance and return to a state similar to the original it was in, or to maintain certain key pre-existing functional characteristics. The objective of this study was to determine the resilience of the meiobenthic communities in the face of the “El Niño” 2015-16 event, in three Ecuadorian beaches. This resilience was measured using a multivariate index of resilience (IMR) and in terms of the restoration of the community attributes of the meiobentos before, during and after this phenomenon influences the coast of Ecuador. A set of three sampling stations was monitored for a period of one year, characterizing the changes in the meiobenthic composition and as a function of the environmental variability of seawater and beach sediment. The results show that the taxonomic groups found on the sandy beaches of San Vicente are Nematodes, Flatworms, Copepods, Oligochaetes, Polychaetes, Foraminifera and Alacarids, with nematodes being the group with the highest density of individuals per cm2 with 80 to 90%. Also, the beaches of Canoa and Briceño are moderately resilient, while Punta Napo shows a low index of resilience. The multivariate trajectories show that the 2015-16 El Niño event affected the meiobenthic communities of the three beaches until March 2016, together with the climatic effects of environmental seasonality and the April 2016 earthquake, on the other hand, changes in the abundances of the communities of the beach ecosystem are dynamic, since they change from an original state to another impacted state, but the taxonomic composition did not present significant changes.
Description
Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina. Escuela de Posgrado. Maestría en Ecología Aplicada
Keywords
Bentos; Fauna; Nematodos; Estructura de la población; Densidad de la población; Variación estacional; Distribución espacial; Cambio climático; Biodiversidad; Habitat; Conservación de la naturaleza; Reservas naturales; Evaluación; Ecuador; Fenómeno El Niño
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Date
2022
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