Estrategias de alimentación del pescado blanco de mar (Caulolatilus princeps) y de la lubina moteada blanca (Paralabrax albomaculatus) dentro de la Reserva Marina de Galápagos

Foto: ©slebris / iNaturalist

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Comprender la dieta de dos especies demersales, el pez blanco del océano ( Caulolatilus princeps ) y la lubina de arena blanca ( Paralabrax albomaculatus ), proporciona información sobre las estrategias tróficas que han desarrollado para coexistir en arrecifes rocosos y hábitats de fondos blandos en la Reserva Marina de Galápagos. (RMG). Aplicamos dos técnicas complementarias (análisis de contenido estomacal y análisis de isótopos estables) para determinar los hábitos tróficos entre especies y categorías (sexo, etapas de vida y estaciones). Se realizaron muestreos en varios sitios de importancia pesquera dentro de la RMG entre 2017 y 2018, obteniendo 254 estómagos y 58 muestras de músculo para C. princeps, y 14 estómagos y 34 muestras de músculo para P. albomaculatus . El espectro trófico (composición de la dieta) de ambos depredadores contenía presas pelágicas y bentónicas. La anchoveta esbelta ( Anchoa ischana ) fue la presa más importante de C. princeps sin diferencias significativas en la dieta entre sexo, etapas de vida o estaciones ( p > 0.05); mientras que la presa más importante de P. albomaculatus era la lubina ( Pronotogrammus multifasciatus ). Las firmas de δ 13 C y δ 15 N fueron significativamente diferentes entre especies ( valor t = 11,81, p < 0,05 y valor t = 4,67, p <0,05, respectivamente), lo que sugiere diferencias en la fuente de carbono ( es decir , áreas de alimentación), así como en la preferencia por diferentes niveles tróficos ( es decir , diferentes presas). El análisis intraespecífico en C. princeps no mostró diferencias entre sexo, etapa de vida y estaciones ( p > 0,05). Las estrategias de alimentación fueron similares para ambos depredadores, con un nicho trófico reducido y una alta variabilidad entre las presas consumidas. Este trabajo proporciona información de referencia sobre dos especies de importancia ecológica y comercial dentro de la RMG y destaca el valor de los estudios tróficos para generar información útil para una gestión pesquera basada en ecosistemas.

Conoce más del artículo científico en el siguiente enlace: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2024.103530

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In 2022, the Galapagos Science Center (GSC) and the broader UNC & USFQ Galapagos Initiative will celebrate its 10th Anniversary. We are proud to announce the World Summit on Island Sustainability scheduled to be held on June 26–30, 2022 at the Galapagos Science Center and the Community Convention Center on San Cristobal Island.

The content of the World Summit will be distributed globally through social media and results documented through papers published in a book written as part of the Galapagos Book Series by Springer Nature and edited by Steve Walsh (UNC) & Carlos Mena (USFQ) as well as Jill Stewart (UNC) and Juan Pablo Muñoz (GSC/USC). The book will be inclusive and accessible by the broader island community including scientists, managers, residents, tourists, and government and non-government organizations.

While the most obvious goal of organizing the World Summit on Island Sustainability is to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the GSC and the UNC-USFQ Galapagos Initiative, other goals will be addressed through special opportunities created as part of our operational planning of the World Summit.

For instance, we seek to elevate and highlight the Galapagos in the island conservation discourse, seeking to interact with other island networks in more obvious and conspicuous ways to benefit the Galapagos Islands, the UNC-USFQ Galapagos Initiative, and the world. We will seize the opportunity to further develop the I2N2 – International Islands Network-of-Networks. Further, we wish to highlight and emphasize multiple visions of a sustainable future for the Galapagos Islands and we cannot do this alone. Therefore, engaging the Ecuadorian Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Tourism, the Government Council of Galapagos, the Galapagos National Park, and local Galapagos authorities, including government and non-government organizations and local citizen groups, is imperative.

The Galapagos Science Center on San Cristobal Island, Galapagos

Borrowing from Hawaii’s and Guam’s Green Growth Program and the Global Island Partnership, we wish to examine existing global programs that emphasize island sustainability and their incorporation into life, policies, and circumstances in the Galapagos Islands. We will also seek to enhance our connections with the institutional members of our International Galapagos Science Consortium and expand the Consortium through the recruitment of other member institutions. We will also work to benefit islands and their local communities by working with citizen groups as well as important NGOs who seek to improve the natural conditions in the Galapagos and diminish the impact of the human dimension on the future of Galapagos’ ecosystems.

Lastly, we will use the World Summit to benefit UNC & USFQ and our constituencies through a strong and vibrant communication plan about the World Summit, creating corporate relationships as sponsors, identifying funding goals through donors, and benefiting our study abroad program for student engagement in the Galapagos Islands. We plan to develop and issue a Galapagos Sustainability Communique after the World Summit that includes the vision and insights of all its participants for a sustainable Galapagos with applicability to global island settings.

We are eager to hear your perspective and have you join us at the World Summit on Island Sustainability!