Examinando por Autor "Pardo-Gandarillas, M. Cecilia"

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    Diversidad de poliplacóforos tropicales del sur de la Provincia Panameña
    (UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO, 2016-09) Ibáñez, Christian; Sellanes, Javier; Pardo-Gandarillas, M. Cecilia
    Por primera vez se hace un catastro exhaustivo sobre la diversidad de poliplacóforos en la zona sur de la Provincia Panameña (Ecuador-Perú), correspondiente a la ecorregión de Guayaquil. Se recolectaron quitones de cinco localidades y se estimó su diversidad y similitud de los ensambles. Durante invierno de 2013 y verano 2013-2014 se recolectó un total de 539 quitones pertenecientes a 11 especies. La diversidad disminuyó de norte a sur debido a un fuerte recambio de especies y la dominancia local de algunos taxa. El análisis de ordenación sugiere dos grupos faunísticos, uno compuesto por las localidades de Montañita y Santa Rosa en Ecuador, y Bonanza en Perú, y otro compuesto por las localidades peruanas de Pocitas y Lobitos. Las especies que más contribuyen a la diferenciación son Ischnochiton dispar, Acanthopleura echinata y Acanthochitona ferreirai. La diversidad de poliplacóforos en esta parte de la Provincia Panameña es pobre comparada con el mayor número de especies reportadas en Chile, México y Puerto Rico. Se sugiere que el tipo de hábitat y la oferta ambiental de alimento serían factores importantes en las diferencias en diversidad.
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    Environmental and ecological factors mediate taxonomic composition and body size of polyplacophoran assemblages along the Peruvian Province
    (Nature Publishing Group, 2019-12) Ibáñez, Christian M.; Waldisperg, Melany; Torres, Felipe I.; Carrasco, Sergio A.; Sellanes, Javier; Pardo-Gandarillas, M. Cecilia; Sigwart, Julia D.
    Intertidal communities’ composition and diversity usually exhibit strong changes in relation to environmental gradients at different biogeographical scales. This study represents the first comprehensive diversity and composition description of polyplacophoran assemblages along the Peruvian Province (SE Pacific, 12°S–39°S), as a model system for ecological latitudinal gradients. A total of 4,775 chitons from 21 species were collected on twelve localities along the Peruvian Province. This sampling allowed us to quantitatively estimate the relative abundance of the species in this assemblage, and to test whether chitons conform to elementary predictions of major biogeographic patterns such as a latitudinal diversity gradient. We found that the species composition supported the division of the province into three ecoregional faunal groups (i.e. Humboldtian, Central Chile, and Araucanian). Though chiton diversity did not follow a clear latitudinal gradient, changes in species composition were dominated by smaller scale variability in salinity and temperature. Body size significantly differed by ecoregions and species, indicating latitudinal size-structure assamblages. In some localities body size ratios differed from a random assemblage, evidencing competition at local scale. Changes in composition between ecoregions influence body size structure, and their overlapping produce vertical size segregation, suggesting that competition coupled with environmental conditions structure these assemblages. © 2019, The Author(s).
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    The biology and ecology of the jumbo squid Dosidicus gigas (Cephalopoda) in Chilean waters: a review
    (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso Facultad de Recursos Naturales Escuela de Ciencias del Mar, 2015-07) Ibáñez, Christian M.; Sepúlveda, Roger D.; Ulloa, Patricio; Keyl, Friedemann; Pardo-Gandarillas, M. Cecilia
    ABSTRACT. The jumbo squid Dosidicus gigas is the most abundant cephalopod species in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, which supports the biggest cephalopod fishery in the world. Due to its growing economic importance, the population growth and distributional expansion of this squid is being increasingly studied. Nevertheless, some basic features of the biology of D. gigas are still unknown or have been poorly investigated. In this review we summarize the known information regarding the biology and ecology of this species in the southeastern Pacific Ocean; we focus on the Chilean region in order to propose hypotheses and research lines for a better understanding the life history of this organism. Available data on the size structure, reproduction and genetics of D. gigas allows us to propose hypotheses related to the squid's life history traits. Based on the current literature and publications of colleagues, we propose two hypotheses regarding the effect of spatial variation on the life history of D. gigas. Hypothesis 1: Squids mature at large sizes and spawn in oceanic waters with warm temperatures where paralarvae and juveniles develop. Immature squids migrate near shore to feed, grow and mature, and then return to the offshore sites to spawn. Hypothesis 2: Alternatively, juvenile D. gigas in the oceanic zone do not migrate to coastal waters and mature at small sizes compared to individuals living near the coast that mature at larger size and migrate to oceanic waters to spawn. We provide background information about the feeding behavior and parasitism of this species, suggesting that D. gigas is an important trophic link in the southeastern Pacific marine ecosystem. However, more studies on the feeding habits, reproduction and parasite load are needed not only to test hypotheses proposed in this study, but also to advance the overall knowledge of this species.