Temporal trend data (2005-2020) in density and biomass of 13 herbivorous fishes in the Gulf of California
Jenny Carolina Rodríguez-Villalobos,
Christian Cortés Fuentes,
Héctor Reyes-Bonilla,
Arturo Ayala-Bocos,
Imelda G. Amador-Castro,
Irma González López,
M. Sylviane Jaume-Schinkel,
Elia López Greene,
Adrian Munguia-Vega,
Ollin T. Gonzalez-Cuellar
Affiliations
Jenny Carolina Rodríguez-Villalobos
Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional s/n, Col. Playa Palo de Santa Rita. C.P. 23096. La Paz, B.C.S. México; Ecosistemas y Conservación (Proazul Terrestre A.C). Benito Juárez 665. Col. Centro. C.P. 23000. La Paz, B.C.S. México; Corresponding author.
Christian Cortés Fuentes
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur. Departamento Académico de Ciencias Marinas y Costeras. Carretera al sur km 5.5, Col. El Mezquitito. C.P. 23080. La Paz, B.C.S. México
Héctor Reyes-Bonilla
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur. Departamento Académico de Ciencias Marinas y Costeras. Carretera al sur km 5.5, Col. El Mezquitito. C.P. 23080. La Paz, B.C.S. México
Arturo Ayala-Bocos
Ecosistemas y Conservación (Proazul Terrestre A.C). Benito Juárez 665. Col. Centro. C.P. 23000. La Paz, B.C.S. México
Imelda G. Amador-Castro
Comunidad y Biodiversidad, A.C., Isla del Peruano 215. C.P. 85448. Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico
Irma González López
Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas, Parque Nacional zona marina Archipiélago de Espíritu Santo. Melchor Ocampo 1045. C.P. 23000. La Paz, B.C.S. México
M. Sylviane Jaume-Schinkel
Sociedad de Historia Natural Niparajá, A.C., Revolución de 1910 430, Col. Esterito. C.P. 23000. La Paz, B.C.S. México
Elia López Greene
Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas, Parque Nacional zona marina Archipiélago de Espíritu Santo. Melchor Ocampo 1045. C.P. 23000. La Paz, B.C.S. México
Adrian Munguia-Vega
Conservation Genetics Laboratory, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, 1064 E. Lowell St, University of Arizona, Tucson, 85721, Arizona, USA; Applied Genomics Lab, Col. Centro. C.P. 23000. La Paz, B.C.S. México
Ollin T. Gonzalez-Cuellar
Sociedad de Historia Natural Niparajá, A.C., Revolución de 1910 430, Col. Esterito. C.P. 23000. La Paz, B.C.S. México
This dataset comes from a multi-institution compilation of monitoring information for 13 marine herbivorous fishes belonging to six genera of five families: Acanthuridae, Girellidae, Kyphosidae, Pomacentridae and Scaridae, gathered from 2005 to 2020 in the Gulf of California. The database presents a total of 884 records of biomass and density got from 15,542 visual censuses performed using scuba diving in 34 localities comprising 268 rocky and coral reef sites. The censuses consisted of belt transects (250 m2, 100 m2, and 60 m2) laid parallel to the coastline, where expert monitors recorded the abundance of all observed adult individuals of the 13 target herbivorous species, and visually estimated the total length (cm) of each fish. In the database, the information for each transect is presented in the form of average fish density (individuals/m2) and biomass (g/m2), the latter was estimated based on the abundance and size per individual and the published weight-length relationship for each species. Also, we present the latitude and longitude of each locality, type of management, localities in the Gulf of California, institutions, the initial and final year of data, total number of years, as well as the mean, standard deviation, sample size, slope (annual rate of change), probability value, standard error and minimum and maximum value calculated for each species within each locality. This dataset represents an historical baseline of the status of the 13 species in the Gulf of California and can be used to conduct analyses of temporal and spatial trends in herbivorous fish assemblages, considering tropicalization of the interest region due to global change. Moreover, this data will provide key information to stakeholders and managers of protected areas along the gulf and the eastern tropical Pacific region.
