Checklist of benthonic marine invertebrates from Malaga Bay (Isla Palma and Los Negritos), Colombian Pacific | Zendy

Diego LozanoCortés | Zendy; Edgardo LondoñoCruz | Zendy; Vanessa Izquierdo | Zendy; Fatnori Arias | Zendy; Madeleine Barona | Zendy; Valentina Zambrano | Zendy

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Checklist of benthonic marine invertebrates from Malaga Bay (Isla Palma and Los Negritos), Colombian Pacific

Author(s) -

Diego LozanoCortés,

Edgardo LondoñoCruz,

Vanessa Izquierdo,

Fatnori Arias,

Madeleine Barona,

Valentina Zambrano

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

check list

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.276

H-Index - 22

ISSN - 1809-127X

DOI - 10.15560/8.4.703

Subject(s) - bay , threatened species , geography , invertebrate , ecology , gastropoda , oceanography , malacostraca , fishery , marine invertebrates , national park , checklist , crustacean , biology , habitat , geology , decapoda , archaeology , paleontology

The composition of marine macroinvertebrates in two localities (Isla Palma and Los Negritos) of Malaga Bay was studied. This bay is located in the Pacific coast of Colombia and was recently declared National Natural Park. The rapid ecological assessment revealed a total of 128 species belonging to 64 families and 11 classes (including threatened species). The most common groups were: Gastropoda (27%), Polychaeta (26%), Malacostraca (16%) and Pelecypoda (13%). Even though the two sites are relatively near, being apart only by 6 km, the composition of the respective communities was very different. They shared only 7.8% of the species found; which might have profound and interesting effects for conservation purposes.

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