Title
Temporary distribution of mollusks and tropical crustaceans in the Peruvian Province and its relation with the events El NiƱo
Other title
[Distribución temporal de moluscos y crustÔceos tropicales en la Provincia Peruana y su relación con los eventos El Niño]
Date Issued
01 January 2004
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
The incursion of 25 tropical species of mollusks and 15 of crustaceans have been analyzed. This species were registered among the years 1972 and 2003, time in which five El NiƱo events (EN) were occurred. Presence of the tropical species in the Peruvian Province would be related to larvae transport for benthonic species and juvenile for pelagic species, both stimulated by movements of the masses of waters. It is possible that some species have found "refuge areas" where to be developed and to remain, these species would display a discontinuous distribution in the Peruvian Province, like it is the case of Malea ringens, Prunum curtum and Bulla punctulata. Other species that intrude when typical oceanographic conditions of an event appear EN, apparently disappear when recovering the conditions "No Nino".
Start page
213
End page
218
Volume
11
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
BiologĆa marina, BiologĆa de agua dulce, LimnologĆa
OceanografĆa, HidrologĆa, Recursos hĆdricos
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-33646374135
Source
Revista Peruana de Biologia
ISSN of the container
15610837
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción CientĆfica
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