Range extension of the blue and yellow damselfish Chromis limbaughi (Pomacentridae) to the northern Gulf of California, Mexico

Martínez‐Torres, María del Rocío; Reyes‐Bonilla, Héctor; Melo, Francisco J. Fernández-Rivera; Sánchez-Alcántara, Israel; González-Cuellar, Ollin T.; Morales-Portillo, Christian Daniel

doi:10.1017/s1755267214000281

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“…Presence of these species in the northern limit of the Tropical Eastern Pacific Province and previous records in Pacific islands might indicate a tendency in which tropical fish species are extending their ranges towards temperate environments. This tendency, also reported for species in the Gulf of California (González-Cuéllar et al, 2013;Martínez-Torres et al, 2014;Fernández-Rivera Melo et al, 2015), might be explained by the warm water intrusions into northern regions reported for 2014 (Peterson et al 2015).…”

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confidence: 57%

Occurrence of Holacanthus clarionensis (Pomacanthidae), Stegastes leucorus, and Stegastes acapulcoensis (Pomacentridae) at Magdalena Bay, B.C.S., Mexico

Hernández‐Velasco¹,

Melo²,

Melo‐Merino

et al. 2016

Mar Biodivers Rec

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Pomacanthids and Pomacentrids are mainly distributed in tropical and subtropical regions, and inhabit shallow rocky and coral reefs. Due to their colorful patterns and unusual body shapes, they have been widely targeted by aquarium fish trade; these species are of great commercial interest. Here we document the occurrence of one Pomacanthid (Holacanthus clarionensis), and two Pomacentrids (Stegastes acapulcoensis, and S. leucorus) north of their reported distribution range during the 2014 warm water period in the eastern Tropical Eastern Pacific. Sightings took place at Magdalena-Almejas Bay complex, located in the western margin of the Baja California Peninsula. Using a series of abiotic data for the Tropical Eastern Pacific, we created a maximum entropy model for each species and identified that high probability of occurrence at Magdalena-Almejas Bay complex was only denoted for S. leucorus. Here we report the occurrence of H. clarionensis, S. acapulcoensis and S. leucorus 70 km, 300 km, and 300 km north of the northernmost reported limits.

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Occurrence of Holacanthus clarionensis (Pomacanthidae), Stegastes leucorus, and Stegastes acapulcoensis (Pomacentridae) at Magdalena Bay, B.C.S., Mexico

Hernández‐Velasco¹,

Melo²,

Melo‐Merino

et al. 2016

Mar Biodivers Rec

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“…The clarion angelfish (H. clarionensis) was the only species recorded in only one year (i.e., 2009). The presence of tropical species has been recorded in several studies of the Gulf of California (Gónzalez-Cuellar et al 2013;Martínez-Torres et al 2014;Fernández-Rivera Melo et al 2015;Gonzalez-Acosta et al 2016;Reyes-Bonilla et al 2019). These studies have indicated that the distribution ranges of fish species have expanded, possibly due to climate change given the increase in water temperature that has been mainly reported for the central region of the Gulf of California (García-Morales et al 2017;Robles-Tamayo et al 2018).…”

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confidence: 91%

Marine diversity in the biosphere reserve of the most oceanic island in the Gulf of California: San Pedro Mártir

Amador-Castro¹,

Melo²,

Torre³

2021

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San Pedro Mártir island is of high biological, ecological, and fishery importance and was declared a biosphere reserve in 2002. This island is the most oceanic in the Gulf of California, and information on its rocky reefs is scarce. The present study aimed to generate the first list of conspicuous invertebrate and fish species based on in situ observations and to examine the community structure of the shallow rocky reefs of the reserve. In addition, we estimated the ecological indicators of richness, abundance, Shannon diversity, and Pielou evenness to evaluate the conservation status of the biosphere reserve. Data were collected annually from 2007 to 2017 through 2,192 underwater SCUBA transects. A total of 35 species of invertebrates and 73 species of fish were recorded. Most of the species are widely distributed along the eastern Pacific. Overall, 64% of the species found in this study are commercially important, and 11 species have been listed as protected. The abundance of commercially important invertebrate species (i.e., the sea cucumber Isostichopus fuscus and the spiny oyster Spondylus limbatus) is decreasing, while commercially important fish species have maintained their abundance with periods of increase. The ecological indicators and the abundance and size of the commercial species indicate that the reserve is in good condition while meeting its conservation objectives.

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“…Finally, participation in scientific processes and the creation of trust between fishers and researchers means that fishers report unusual events. Seven papers have been published on range extensions or first sightings due to information provided by fishers (Martínez-Torres et al, 2014;Fernández-Rivera Melo et al, 2015aHernández-Velasco et al, 2016;López-Fuerte et al, 2018) and fishers were the first to detect hypoxia events in the Pacific Ocean due to shifts in the California Current (Micheli et al, 2012;Boch et al, 2018).…”

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Untapped Potential of Citizen Science in Mexican Small-Scale Fisheries

Fulton¹,

López-Sagástegui

Weaver³

et al. 2019

Front. Mar. Sci.

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Citizen science is a rapidly growing field with well-designed and run citizen science projects providing substantial benefits for conservation and management. Marine citizen science presents a unique set of challenges and lags behind terrestrial citizen science, but also provides significant opportunities to work in data-poor fisheries. This paper analyses case studies of citizen science projects developed in collaboration with smallscale fishing communities in Mexico's Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California and Caribbean Sea. The design and performance of these projects were evaluated against the previously published Ten Principles of Citizen Science, and Scientific Stages of Inquiry. Our results suggest that fisheries monitoring, submarine monitoring of no take zones, oceanographic monitoring, and the use of species identification apps by fishers meet the requirements of the published guidelines and are effective tools for involving the small-scale fishing community in science. Translating effective citizen science projects in to effective fishery management, however, is still at an early stage. Whilst citizen science data have been used locally by communities to adapt fishing practices, calculate recommendations for total allowable catches, establish and evaluate no take zones and detect range extensions of species affected by climate change, challenges remain regarding how to garner official recognition for the data, incorporate these growing sources of data into national policy, and use the data for adaptive management regimes at the national level.

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Range extension of the blue and yellow damselfish Chromis limbaughi (Pomacentridae) to the northern Gulf of California, Mexico

Cited by 8 publications

References 7 publications

Occurrence of Holacanthus clarionensis (Pomacanthidae), Stegastes leucorus, and Stegastes acapulcoensis (Pomacentridae) at Magdalena Bay, B.C.S., Mexico

Occurrence of Holacanthus clarionensis (Pomacanthidae), Stegastes leucorus, and Stegastes acapulcoensis (Pomacentridae) at Magdalena Bay, B.C.S., Mexico

Marine diversity in the biosphere reserve of the most oceanic island in the Gulf of California: San Pedro Mártir

Untapped Potential of Citizen Science in Mexican Small-Scale Fisheries

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