We analyzed the catch and effort data for the brown shrimp (Farfantepenaeus californiensis) fishery over 22 years. We used a biomass dynamic model in a stochastic version to analyze the catch-per-unit effort of the trawl fishery in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Two hypotheses were proposed: the first (observation error) assumes that the catch-per-unit effort (CPUE) is measured with error, while in the second (process error), the variability of the population is produced by factors not included in the model. The results show that the hypothesis of the process error was accepted. In this case, the hypothesis of the process error recognizes several sources of perturbation in the model. For example, changes in the size structure of the shrimp population, changes in the natural mortality, variations in the fecundity or recruitment, and changes in the environment. Evidence of the relation between the environment and the shrimp population is discussed, as is the possibility of proposing a biological hypothesis for the trends of the population and the CPUE.
A total of 295 stomach contents of round stingray Urobatis halleri (Urolophus halleri), from the continental shelf of Jalisco and Colima (Mexico), were analyzed. The samples were taken seasonally from September 1997 to August 1998. The index of relative importance was used to determine the prey importance. This species feeds mainly on benthic invertebrates, such as the stomatopods Eurysquilla veleronis and Meiosquilla swetti, amphipods, other crustaceans, the shrimp Processa peruviana and brachyuran portunids, and to a lesser extent, on polychaetes and fishes.
Con la finalidad de conocer la distribución temporal y el uso del hábitat por las especies de aves acuáticas costeras del estero La Manzanilla, Jalisco, México, se realizaron censos mensuales de marzo de 1997 a febrero de 1998, excepto septiembre. En las once visitas realizadas en el estero se observó un total de 4180 aves (95.24% residentes y 4.76% migratorias), distribuidas en 45 especies (29 residentes y 16 migratorias). Las aves migratorias y residentes presentaron fluctuaciones estacionales en su abundancia; en el primer grupo la mayor abundancia se observó en enero y febrero y estuvo determinado principalmente por la presencia del Cormorán Bicrestado (Phalacrocorax auritus) y el Petrel Mínimo (Oceanodroma microsoma), mientras que en el segundo grupo las mayores abundancias fueron observadas en marzo y junio, y en todos los casos fueron influenciadas por el Cormorán Neotropical (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) y la Cigüeña Americana (Mycteria americana). El estero no fue un paradero importante para las aves migratorias. Sin embargo, para las aves residentes fue apostadero durante la mayor parte del año.
Este artículo se publicó en el Volumen 53, fascículo 1-2, correspondiente a los meses de marzojunio 2005. Por error se omitieron las figuras 1, 2 y 3 que se mencionan en su texto, las cuales se adjuntan en esta publicación.
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