scholarly journals Topographic complexity and landscape ­temperature patterns create a dynamic habitat structure on a rocky intertidal shore

2011 ◽  
Vol 428 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
JJ Meager ◽  
TA Schlacher ◽  
M Green
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Structure ◽  
Rocky Intertidal ◽  
Topographic Complexity ◽  
Dynamic Habitat ◽  
Rocky Intertidal Shore

Ecological impacts of two non-indigenous macroalgae on an urban rocky intertidal shore

2016 ◽  
Vol 163 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
María Gabriela Palomo ◽  
María Bagur ◽  
Marina Quiroga ◽  
Sabrina Soria ◽  
Ana Bugnot
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Impacts ◽  
Rocky Intertidal ◽  
Rocky Intertidal Shore

scholarly journals Large-scale project ‘Chiton of the Mexican Tropical Pacific’: Chiton articulatus (Mollusca: Polyplacophora)

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omar Hernando Avila-Poveda
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Economic Importance ◽  
Tropical Pacific ◽  
Rocky Intertidal ◽  
Security Policies ◽  
Tourist Attraction ◽  
Field Sampling ◽  
Marine Mollusc ◽  
Rocky Intertidal Shore ◽  
Large Scale Project

The marine mollusc, commonly called sea cockroach or chiton Chiton articulatus, is a mollusc belonging to the group known as Polyplacophora because its shell is composed of eight individual plates. This mollusc inhabits the rocky intertidal shore of the Mexican Tropical Pacific, where it is endemic. It has ecological, but also economic, importance. Ecologically, it is the preferred food of the snail Plicopurpura pansa, a protected species, in the cultural heritage of the country. Additionally, it is a basibiont (generates substrate for other individuals) that maintains the biodiversity of the Region. Economically, it has changed from artisanal consumption to become a culinary tourist attraction, offered at restaurants as an exotic and aphrodisiac dish, in tourist places like Huatulco or Acapulco. Despite being an exploited resource for decades, little is known about its life history. The Mexican Authorities have not yet recognised this mollusc as a fishing resource, so that it does not have any law that controls its extraction, sale and consumption, putting at risk the recruitment, survival and permanence of this species. The goal of this project is the preservation and support for the management of the species. The Project "Quiton del Pacifico Tropical Mexicano" seeks to provide the biological, ecological, reproductive, genetic, anatomical and morphometric bases of the populations of Chiton articulatus. The project was structured in four stages: 1) field sampling and obtaining samples, 2) disclosure and presentation of the project, 3) inclusion of students at the undergraduate and graduate level, 4) application of results. The inclusion and recognition of C. articulatus as a fishing resource will achieve impact at the national and regional level through the implementation of laws that regulate its fishing, as well as its inclusion in management and food security policies. Additionally, this Mexican Chiton Project is currently replicating with chiton species in Galapagos, Ecuador.

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