The Birds of the Ciénega de Santa Clara, a wetland of international importance within the Colorado River Delta

Hinojosa-Huerta, Osvel; Soto-Montoya, Eduardo; Gomez-Sapiens, M.; Calvo-Fonseca, Alejandra; Guzmán-Olachea, Ricardo; Butrón-Méndez, Juan; Butrón-Rodríguez, José Juan; Román-Rodríguez, Martha Judith

doi:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.03.005

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“…The MODE canal began delivering wastewater to the ciénega in 1977, and the wetland grew from ~200 ha (2 km 2 ) to ~10,000 ha (100 km 2 ) (Nelson et al 2013a). Situated in one of the depressions formed by the Cerro Prieto Fault, the ciénega is now the largest wetland on the delta and has had a relatively stable mean input flow of 4.74 m 3 s -1 since the MODE canal began operating (Greenberg and Schlatter 2012, Mexicano et al 2013, Carrillo-Guerrero et al 2013, Hinojosa-Huerta et al 2013a,b, Gómez-Sapiens et al 2013, Glenn et al 2013a. This bypass, and selective pumping of the Wellton-Mohawk wells and drainage, led to a slight reduction in salinity of Mexico's water allotment to 1245 ppm (still well above the 1973 Minute 242 agreement).…”

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Colorado River flow and biological productivity in the Northern Gulf of California, Mexico

Brusca

Alvarez-Borrego

Hastings

et al. 2017

Earth-Science Reviews

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A review of published research indicates that the Northern Gulf of California is, historically and currently, one of the most biologically productive marine regions on Earth. This high productivity is driven by a unique mix of factors, including: coastal upwelling, wind-driven mixing, extreme tidal mixing and turbulence, thermohaline circulation that moves intermediate waters into the mixed layer, coastal-trapped waves, regular sediment resuspension, and, to a lesser extent, agricultural runoff, released nutrients from erosion of ancient Colorado River Delta

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Colorado River flow and biological productivity in the Northern Gulf of California, Mexico

Brusca

Alvarez-Borrego

Hastings

et al. 2017

Earth-Science Reviews

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“…Para los humedales continentales en la costa de Sonora, H. mexicanus se considera un ave común en invierno, con probable reproducción local (Van Rossem 1945, Russell y Monson 1998. Aunque el único sitio en Sonora para el que existía evidencia de su reproducción es la Ciénega de Santa Clara (Eddleman 1989, Mellink et al 1996, Hinojosa-Huerta et al 2013. Por lo que las observaciones de su reproducción en Yavaros-Moroncárit, 770 km al sureste de la Ciénega, representan el primer registro sonorense fuera de dicho sitio.…”

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“…También existen reportes de la reproducción de Ch. ni Carmona et al vosus en el humedal El Doctor, Sonora, adyacente a la Ciénega de Santa Clara (Eddleman 1989, Hinojosa-Huerta et al 2013. A éstos se pueden añadir los del oasis de La Salina, en el noroeste de Sonora (Mellink y Palacios 1993), de Bahía de Tóbari (Palacios y Mellink 1995) y ahora, en Yavaros-Moroncárit (Cuadro 2), lo que sugiere que hay sitios adecuados para su anidación a lo largo de todos los humedales de la costa sonorense.…”

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Poblaciones reproductivas de aves playeras en humedales del noroeste mexicano

Carmona¹,

Ayala-Pérez²,

Hernández-Alvarez³

et al. 2020

Huitzil Rev. Mex. Ornitol.

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Una época crítica para los organismos es la reproductiva, pues de ella dependen, en parte, la salud y el tamaño de las poblaciones. Generar información sobre este aspecto permite tomar adecuadas decisiones de manejo o conservación. Para evaluar la importancia del noroeste de México en la reproducción de nueve especies de aves playeras, estudiamos, en mayo de 2017, a sus poblaciones en 12 sitios, localizados en Baja California Sur (3), Sonora (3), Sinaloa (4), límites entre Baja California y Sonora (1) y Sinaloa y Nayarit (1). Realizamos conteos y búsqueda de evidencia reproductiva, en la costa. Registramos nueve especies hipotéticamente reproductivas y un híbrido (Haematopus palliatus x H. bachmani). Obtuvimos 6,960 registros de aves playeras, donde sobresalieron Himantopus mexicanus (42%), Recurvirostra americana (32%) y H. palliatus (18.4%). Los sitios con mayores abundancias fueron Marismas Nacionales (35%), Huizache-Caimanero (13%), Yavaros-Moroncárit (12.5%) y Bahía de Tóbari (12%), todos ubicados en el continente. Para tres especies (H. palliatus, Charadrius nivosus y Ch. wilsonia) los individuos reproductores representaron un porcentaje importante de su total poblacional. Esta investigación reafirma la importancia del noroeste de México para la reproducción de aves playeras residentes, algunas protegidas por el gobierno mexicano.

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“…The lower Colorado River in Mexico is an important region for migratory landbirds Hinojosa-Huerta et al 2013b;Zamora-Arroyo et al 2005). The hydrology of this region has been greatly altered since the completion of Glen Canyon Dam in 1964, which prevented surface water from entering the lower reaches of the Colorado River Delta.…”

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Importance of the 2014 Colorado River Delta pulse flow for migratory songbirds: Insights from foraging behavior

Darrah

Greeney

Riper

2017

Ecological Engineering

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The Lower Colorado River provides critical riparian areas in an otherwise arid region and is an important stopover site for migrating landbirds. In order to reverse ongoing habitat degradation due to drought and human-altered hydrology, a pulse flow was released from Morelos Dam in spring of 2014, which brought surface flow to dry stretches of the Colorado River in Mexico. To assess the potential effects of habitat modification resulting from the pulse flow, we used foraging behavior of spring migrants from past and current studies to assess the relative importance of different riparian habitats. We observed foraging birds in 2000 and 2014 at five riparian sites along the Lower Colorado River in Mexico to quantify prey attack rates, prey attack maneuvers, vegetation use patterns, and degree of preference for fully leafed-out or flowering plants. Prey attack rate was highest in mesquite (Prosopis spp.) in 2000 and in willow (Salix gooddingii) in 2014; correspondingly, migrants predominantly used mesquite in 2000 and willow in 2014 and showed a preference for willows in flower or fruit in 2014. Wilson's warbler (Cardellina pusilla) used relatively more low-energy foraging maneuvers in willow than in tamarisk (Tamarix spp.) or mesquite. Those patterns in foraging behavior suggest native riparian vegetation, and especially willow, are important resources for spring migrants along the lower Colorado River. Willow is a relatively short-lived tree dependent on spring floods for dispersal and establishment and thus spring migrants are likely to benefit from controlled pulse flows.

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The Birds of the Ciénega de Santa Clara, a wetland of international importance within the Colorado River Delta

Cited by 10 publications

References 13 publications

Colorado River flow and biological productivity in the Northern Gulf of California, Mexico

Colorado River flow and biological productivity in the Northern Gulf of California, Mexico

Poblaciones reproductivas de aves playeras en humedales del noroeste mexicano

Importance of the 2014 Colorado River Delta pulse flow for migratory songbirds: Insights from foraging behavior

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