Invertebrates San Matias gulf from shallows waters, Patagonia, Argentina
Citation
Almonacid S., Marin M. R., Bigatti G., Lewis M.(2018). Database of marine invertebrates of San Jorge Gulf, Argentina. Version 1.0. CESIMAR-CONICET. https://doi.org/10.15468/ypch7u accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-08-25.Description
Survey of volutid snails (4 species) and infaunal and epibenthic bivalves (9 species) of interest for the artisanal fisheries at the southwest region of the San Matias Gulf, Patagonia. Data were collected in 1998-1999 by expert researchers of Research Council of Argentina, commissioned by the provincial administration to estimate biomass of species susceptible to commercial capture. The data were stored in digital support by the Fishing Agency of Chubut Province, Argentina.Sampling Description
Study Extent
Survey was conducted at the Puerto Lobos shoreline, to estimate the abundance and biomass of bivalves and volutids of commercial interest. The sampling place was selected for its logistic for artisanal fishermen, natural accessibility characteristics to get access by truck and zodiac boat, and the informal knowledge in the area of bivalves and volutids susceptible to being commercially exploited.Sampling
The design of the survey was of fixed transects for visual census by SCUBA diving. Sampling included 29 transects perpendicular to the coast, from 5m to 30 m of deph, 8 oriented from West to East separated every 1800 m and 21 settled from South to North, separated every 1300m. The diver counted and recorded every 150m bivalves and volutids in a line of 1m wide covering 150m2. Representative specimens of gastropods and infaunal and epibenthic bivalves were collected. Complementary records of date, hour of start and end of each station, type of bottom and depth were included. The depth was taken with SCUBA diving computer and echo sound.Quality Control
Taxonomy was verify by the curator Dr. Javier Signorelli of the IBIOMAR CENPAT-CONICET.Method steps
- The records were extracted from a hard copy report available in the CENPAT- CONICET library. For the preparation of data set, the species occurrence tables were integrated to the complementary tables of records of date, hour of start and end of each station, and depth. Ciocco N. F. 1995 La marisquería mediante buceo en el Golfo San José (Chubut Argentina) Serie : Informes técnicos del plan de manejo integrado de la Zona Costera Patagónica (PNUD-GEF, FPN), 2(1):1-39 Ciocco N. F., M.L. Lasta & C. Bremec.1998. Pesquerías de bivalvos: mejillón, vieiras (Tehuelche y Patagónica) y otras especies. En : el Mar Argentino y sus recursos Pesqueros 2: 142-166 (Boschi ed.), INIDEP, Mar del Plata.
Taxonomic Coverages
All specimens are marine volutids and marine bivalves identified to species level. The dataset included four species of volutid snails (Zidona dufresnei, Adelomelon beckii, Adelomelon ancilla, Odontocymbiola magellanica) and eight species of Bivalvia (Aulacomya atra, Mytilus platensis, Ameghinomya antiqua, Aequipecten tehuelchus, Ensis macha, Panopea abbreviata, Atrina seminuda y Ostrea Puelchana.
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Aulacomya atracommon name: magellanic mussel rank: species
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Mytilus platensiscommon name: Blue mussel rank: species
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Ameghinomya antiquacommon name: Clam rank: species
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Aequipecten tehuelchuscommon name: Scallop rank: species
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Ensis machacommon name: Razor shell rank: species
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Panopea abbreviatacommon name: Giant clam rank: species
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Atrina seminudacommon name: Half-naked pen shell rank: species
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Ostrea Puelchanacommon name: Oyster rank: species
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Zidona dufresneicommon name: Volutid gastropods rank: species
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Adelomelon beckiicommon name: Volutid gastropods rank: species
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Adelomelon ancillacommon name: Volutid gastropods rank: species
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Odontocymbiola magellanicacommon name: Volutid gastropods rank: species
Geographic Coverages
Southeast area of the San Matias Gulf that boundaries with the San Jose Gulf. Puerto Lobos is the accessible point coast from the cliff. The beach has wide shelf (solid sandstone platform extending into the sea).The seabed is sand and mixed bottoms of gravel and sand, while the slope changes the depth in few meters. The weather is characterized by strong winds.The species presented range from 30m to 5m depth.
Bibliographic Citations
- Ciocco N. F. 1999. Relevamiento y sistematización de la información sobre mariscos para la pesca artesanal en las costas de Chubut. Consejo Federal de Inversiones Argentina- 278 pp -
Contacts
SAMUEL ALMONACIDoriginator
position: Informatic-Ph D.student
CESIMAR-CONICET
BOULEVARD BROWN 2915
PUERTO MADRYN
9120
CHUBUT
AR
email: almonacid@cenpat-conicet.gob.ar
MIRTHA LEWIS
metadata author
position: RESEARCH BIOLOGIST
CESIMAR-CENPAT
BOULEVARD BROWN 2915
PUERTO MADRYN
9120
CHUBUT
AR
email: mirtha@cenpat-conicet.gob.ar
user
Fisheries Agency of Chubut Province
email: mirtha@cenpat-conicet.gob.ar
Gregorio BIGATTI
administrative point of contact
position: Research Biologist
BIOMAR-CENPAT
BOULEVARD BROWN 2915
PUERTO MADRYN
9120
CHUBUT
AR