Abstract
The Lafken Mapu Lahual Coastal Marine Protected Area of Multiple Uses (Lafken Mapu Lahual), Osorno coast, southern Chile, is one of the first protected areas created in Chile during 2006, but only in 2019 its Management Plan was presented. This study provides information on its marine mammal species to be used in future biodiversity monitoring plans. The sighted mammals were recorded and counted through 18 navigation tracks and one observation point in the 2014-2015 austral breeding season. Five species were recorded systematically (one whale species, two dolphin species, one marine otter species and a one sea lion species). Two of them (Lontra felina and Balaenoptera musculus) are classified by the IUCN in the conservation category corresponding to Endangered. Laken Mapu Lahual is an important area for the species of whales that use it for their migratory route to the south of Chile.
Highlights
Abstract.- The Lafken Mapu Lahual Coastal Marine Protected Area of Multiple Uses (Lafken Mapu Lahual), Osorno coast, southern Chile, is one of the first protected areas of created in Chile during 2006, but only in 2019 its Management Plan was presented
This study provides information on its marine mammal species to be used in future biodiversity monitoring plans
Two of them (Lontra felina and Balaenoptera musculus) are classified by the IUCN in the conservation category corresponding to Endangered
Summary
Records of mammals present in the Lafken Mapu Lahual Coastal Protected Marine Area of Multiples Uses, southern Chile. Aunque Lafken Mapu Lahual es una de las primeras Áreas Marinas Costeras Protegidas de Múltiples Usos creadas en Chile, sólo recientemente cuenta con un Plan de Manejo (MMA 2019). El objetivo de este trabajo fue aportar nuevos antecedentes sobre la composición y número de mamíferos que utilizan el área de Lafken Mapu Lahual, incluidas las especies de ballenas que incorporan esta Área Marina Costera Protegida en su ruta migratoria hacia el sur de Chile y aportar nuevo conocimiento para futuros estudios que evalúen la eficiencia de esta Área Marina Costera Protegida de Múltiples Usos (Guajardo & Navarrete 2012)
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