Revista de Biología Tropical (Mar 2004)

Diversidad, abundancia y conjuntos ictiofaunísticos del sistema lagunar-estuarino Chantuto-Panzacola, Chiapas, México

  • Silvia Díaz-Ruiz,
  • Enrique Cano-Quiroga,
  • Arturo Aguirre-León,
  • Raúl Ortega-Bernal

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 52, no. 1
pp. 187 – 199

Abstract

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En el sistema lagunar-estuarino Chantuto-Panzacola, Chiapas, México, fue realizado un estudio ictiofaunístico entre marzo y noviembre de 1997. De un total de 1 456 peces recolectados, se identificaron 31 especies, 25 géneros y 19 familias. La diversidad y abundancia presentaron sus valores más altos en el mes de marzo con H’ = 2.67 bits, D = 3.89 sp/ind, biomasa 1.88 g/m² , densidad 0.25 ind/m² y peso promedio 7.55 g/ind. Se encontraron diferencias significativas (ANOVA y Tukey, pIn the Chantuto-Panzacola system, Chiapas, México, a study of a fish community was carried out between March and November of 1997. From a total of 1 456 fish collected, 31 species, 25 genera and 19 families had been identified. The diversity and abundance were high in March with H’= 2.67 bits/ind, D = 3.89 sp/ind, biomass 1.88 g/m² , density 0.25 ind/m 2 and average weight 7.55 g/ind. Significant differences were found between the ecological parameters and the environmental variables of the ecosystem in the months of study (ANOVA and Tukey, p<0.05). The multiple discriminant analysis showed that the temperature and the salinity was the most important factors in the variation of the community. The frequency analysis and spatial distribution of the fish allowed to define fish assemblages formed by several groups of species that inhabits the system. Nine dominant species were defined for the ecosystem, representing the 71% in number and the 76.4% in weight of the total catch, Achirus mazatlanus, Caranx hippos, Cathorops fuerthi, Centropomus robalito, Cichlasoma macracanthum, Cichlasoma trimaculatum, Gobiomorus maculatus, Gobionellus microdon and Lile gracilis

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