Bibliographic citations
García, A., (2016). Impacto del uso recreativo sobre la fauna macrobentónica en playas arenosas de la ciudad de Bahía de Caráquez, Manabí, Ecuador [Tesis, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12996/2758
García, A., Impacto del uso recreativo sobre la fauna macrobentónica en playas arenosas de la ciudad de Bahía de Caráquez, Manabí, Ecuador [Tesis]. : Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina; 2016. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12996/2758
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title = "Impacto del uso recreativo sobre la fauna macrobentónica en playas arenosas de la ciudad de Bahía de Caráquez, Manabí, Ecuador",
author = "García Bermúdez, Alan Emilio",
publisher = "Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina",
year = "2016"
}
The intertidal zone is a critical link between land and marine systems. The intertidal macrobenthic community contains various nutrients and consuming organisms which in turn are prey of higher organisms such as birds and fish in the coastal region. Although the sandy beaches covering most of the intertidal zone in the world and uses and are experiencing very high human pressure, these have been few ecological studies. As human activities often create disturbances in natural ecosystems, assessing the impacts they produce is of utmost importance for proper management of coastal areas. To this end the benthos of soft bottoms is being used as an indicator of environmental perturbations in muddy and muddy-sandy systems, but not much importance has been given to into recreational and tourism aspects. This paper studies the macrobenthic community of three sandy beaches of the city of Bahia de Caráquez and compares the main attributes of this community regarding levels of use. Macrobenthic community of the three sandy beaches of Bahia de Caráquez was evaluated during the months of May to July 2015. Biological samples were taken through metal screens; laboratory organisms were identified by taxonomic groups. In turn, physical data were obtained. It was determined that the beaches, that are the most widely used and the Paseo and the Faro beaches, which have a higher equity than Punta Bellaca beach , which has more abundant species, showing that the increased use of the beaches from the recreational pointer , view represents a strong physical pressure to the macro benthic fauna thus decreasing species. 1287 organisms belonging to 7 different taxa were found in total. Polychaetes were the dominant class (701 individuals) followed by crustaceans (257) and bivalves (149); instead bycatch (fish) (3) and starfish (15). The walk to Roberto and El Faro had the highest species richness and diversity while for the beach Punta Bellaca showed the greatest abundance
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