Benthic communities in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean: Conservation value of animal forests at the Burdwood Bank slope

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 426-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Schejter ◽  
Gabriel Genzano ◽  
Esteban Gaitán ◽  
Carlos D. Perez ◽  
Claudia S. Bremec
2019 ◽  
Vol 83 (3) ◽  
pp. 247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Schejter ◽  
Claudia S. Bremec

The presence of ten species of stony corals was recorded at a total of 19 out of 48 sampling stations at Burdwood Bank and neighbouring areas. Scleractinians were recorded only at three stations inside the marine protected area (MPA) Namuncurá I, while the majority of them were recorded deeper than 200 m. Burdwood Bank slope (MPA Namuncurá II + NW slope) was the richest sub-area, with ten species recorded in the present study and another two species mentioned from the literature. For the majority of the species the results here presented represent the only available data in the study area after 50 years (or more), comprising updates of latitudinal and bathymetric ranges. Stony corals were recorded as basibionts of a variety of organisms. Mainly dead skeletons were found providing a suitable settlement substrate for sessile species such as primnoid corals. The presence of a high richness of stony corals on the southern slope of Burdwood Bank, as components of the marine animal forests recorded, also supported the conservation efforts made to create the new MPA named “Namuncurá/Burdwood Bank II” in this region.


2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Sofía Dutto ◽  
Gabriel N. Genzano ◽  
Agustín Schiariti ◽  
Julieta Lecanda ◽  
Mónica S. Hoffmeyer ◽  
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Author(s):  
Paulo Júnior ◽  
Christiane de Souza ◽  
Graciela Weiss

Composition of Trichiuridae and Gempylidae larvae (Teleostei) and their association with water masses in the Southwest Atlantic OceanIn this paper the relationship between temporal changes in the occurrence of water masses and Trichiuridae and Gempylidae larvae composition and distribution in the Southwest Atlantic ocean were analysed between 25° and 40° S. Ichthyoplankton was collected during the three expeditions of the Subtropical Convergence Project: Winter and Spring 1977, Autumn 1978 and Summer 1981, realized in the Southwest Atlantic waters. Oblique tows were conducted using a Hensen net with 250 μm mesh size. Steep salinity and temperature gradient were found, where the river outflows from La Plata river (Argentina) and Patos Lagoon (Brazil) met the Tropical Water over the continental shelf between 32 and 36° S. We examined 524 Hensen-net samples that contained about 283 larvae from five species of Trichiuridae and Gempylidae. The most abundant and frequent specie were


2013 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. H. Colonello ◽  
H. E. Christiansen ◽  
M. B. Cousseau ◽  
G. J. Macchi

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1626 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARIA TERESA VALÉRIO-BERARDO

Ampelisca species are inhabitant of soft bottom marine benthic communities of tropical to cold – temperate zones. Prior to this paper, 11 species of the genus were recognized from Brazilian coast. Three new species of Ampelisca are herein described: Ampelisca longipropoda, Ampelisca meridionalis and Ampelisca youngi. The specimens were dredged from the continental shelf of Southwestern Atlantic Ocean between the latitudes 22°06’S and 34°32’S. A key to the Ampelisca species of the Brazilian coast is provided.


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