Oil platforms as introduction vector of non-native marine fish species to the Canary Islands waters (central-eastern Atlantic).

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Event Abstract Back to Event Oil platforms as introduction vector of non-native marine fish species to the Canary Islands waters (central-eastern Atlantic). Raül Triay-Portella1*, José G. Pajuelo1, José A. González1, José A. Martín1, Raquel Ruiz-Díaz1, José M. Lorenzo1 and Angel Luque1 1 Instituto Universitario de Estudios Ambientales y Recursos Naturales i-UNAT, Departamento de Biología, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain This work documents the introduction of non-native fish species to the Canary Islands (central-eastern Atlantic) through oil rigs. These structures provide artificial hard substrates in places where do not exist naturally. Methodological approaches have included surveys by underwater visual censuses around and under oil platforms and along the docking area of rigs (ground zero). Eleven tropical or subtropical non-native fish species belonging to five families were registered. Paranthias furcifer, Abudefduf hoefleri, Acanthurus bahianus, Acanthurus chirurgus, and Acanthurus coeruleus were first recorded from the Canaries. Other three species not be identified have never been observed in the Canaries. Cephalopholis taeniops, Abudefduf saxatilis, and Acanthurus monroviae had previously recorded. Native areas of these species coincide with the areas of origin and the scale of oil rigs with destination the Port of Las Palmas. The market for oil rigs operating in West Africa and South America has increasingly consolidated the Port of Las Palmas. It is very probable that this heavy overseas traffic was responsible for many of the first records that were attributed to other sources in the past ten years, and according to our data this also could be applied to southern Brazil and the Cape Verdes. For the moment, the number of individuals of the non-native species in marine ecosystems of the Canaries seems to be low, and more investigation is needed for controlling these translocations. Keywords: alien species, non indigenous species, Oil rigs, Input vector, Canary Islands Conference: XIX Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies, Porto, Portugal, 5 Sep - 9 Sep, 2016. Presentation Type: Oral Presentation Topic: 2. GLOBAL CHANGES, INVASIVE SPECIES AND CONSERVATION Citation: Triay-Portella R, Pajuelo J, González J, Martín J, Ruiz-Díaz R, Lorenzo J and Luque A (2016). Oil platforms as introduction vector of non-native marine fish species to the Canary Islands waters (central-eastern Atlantic).. Front. Mar. Sci. Conference Abstract: XIX Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies. doi: 10.3389/conf.FMARS.2016.05.00020 Copyright: The abstracts in this collection have not been subject to any Frontiers peer review or checks, and are not endorsed by Frontiers. They are made available through the Frontiers publishing platform as a service to conference organizers and presenters. The copyright in the individual abstracts is owned by the author of each abstract or his/her employer unless otherwise stated. Each abstract, as well as the collection of abstracts, are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 (attribution) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and may thus be reproduced, translated, adapted and be the subject of derivative works provided the authors and Frontiers are attributed. For Frontiers’ terms and conditions please see https://www.frontiersin.org/legal/terms-and-conditions. Received: 29 Apr 2016; Published Online: 02 Sep 2016. * Correspondence: MD. Raül Triay-Portella, Instituto Universitario de Estudios Ambientales y Recursos Naturales i-UNAT, Departamento de Biología, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, emap.raul@gmail.com Login Required This action requires you to be registered with Frontiers and logged in. To register or login click here. Abstract Info Abstract The Authors in Frontiers Raül Triay-Portella José G. Pajuelo José A. González José A. Martín Raquel Ruiz-Díaz José M. Lorenzo Angel Luque Google Raül Triay-Portella José G. Pajuelo José A. González José A. Martín Raquel Ruiz-Díaz José M. Lorenzo Angel Luque Google Scholar Raül Triay-Portella José G. Pajuelo José A. González José A. Martín Raquel Ruiz-Díaz José M. Lorenzo Angel Luque PubMed Raül Triay-Portella José G. Pajuelo José A. González José A. Martín Raquel Ruiz-Díaz José M. Lorenzo Angel Luque Related Article in Frontiers Google Scholar PubMed Abstract Close Back to top Javascript is disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser settings in order to see all the content on this page.