Recursos Naturales Research Articles

Factors related to species richness, endemism, and conservation status of the herpetofauna (Amphibia and Reptilia) of Mexican states

Mexico is a megadiverse country with high endemicity in its herpetofauna. We examine how species richness, proportion of state and country endemic species, and proportion of species in a category of conservation concern using listings in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List and the Secretaría del Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT) in 27 of 32 Mexican states are related to environmental and human demographic and socioeconomic variables. Amphibian and reptile species richness were positively related to latitude range and number of physiographic regions and negatively related to latitude. The proportion of state endemic amphibian species in a state was negatively related to latitude whereas no variables influenced the proportion in reptiles. The proportion of country endemics in a state was positively related to human population density and the number of physiographic regions and negatively related to per capita gross domestic product (GDP) and latitude range for amphibians; it was positively related to human population density and elevation range and negatively related to latitude range for reptiles. The proportion of amphibian species in an IUCN category of concern in a state was positively related to human population density and negatively related to latitude; for reptiles, it was negatively related to human population density. The proportion of SEMARNAT-listed species in a state was positively related to human population density for both amphibians and reptiles and negatively related to latitude range for amphibians. Our analyses found that larger macroecological patterns (e.g., latitudinal species gradient, heterogeneity-richness relationships) and human population density play important roles in determining the richness and conservation status of Mexican amphibians and reptiles.

First Report of Caryobruchus gleditsiae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) on Brahea berlandieri in Northeast Mexico

First Report of Caryobruchus gleditsiae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) on Brahea berlandieri in Northeast Mexico

Aspectos jurídicos de la explotación de los recursos naturales de la Luna: el regolito

En el presente trabajo se realizará un estudio sobre la explotación de los recursos naturales que se encuentran en la Luna, principalmente el regolito o polvo lunar enfocado a determinar si la regulación en el Tratado del Espacio y en el Acuerdo Luna permite la explotación del mismo, así como los problemas jurídicos que se pueden plantear respecto a la titularidad de ese bien, y su comercialización. Se analizará también las consecuencias futuras que pueden desencadenar la explotación de los recursos naturales como consecuencia de la evolución de las misiones espaciales con destino a la Luna.

Atmospheric Corrosion Influence in the Manufactured Processes of a Seafood Industry Located in Ensenada, Mexico

The atmospheric corrosion presented in indoors of a seafood industry, generated aggressive environments and with this deterioration in steel cans used to can sardine and tuna food, which were corroded in the manufacturing processes of this industry evaluated. Even using metal containers with a special coating to can tuna and sardines and with the exposition of aggressive environments the deterioration of these cans was made, before being used for the container of tuna and sardines in the manufacturing areas. The air pollutants as sulfurs principally, which generated the aggressive environments penetrated through cracks and air conditioning systems to indoors of the seafood industry evaluated in Ensenada, promoting the corrosion process originated. The occurrence of corrosion in the seafood industry evaluated, increased the costs of the manufacturing processes for the necessity of takeoff the deterioration of steel cans corroded used to pack tuna and sardine in 45% of the steel cans received of an industry of United States, and around 35% of the steel cans used had to be replaced. This represented a decrease in competitiveness in this industrial company evaluated, presenting economic losses, caused by presence the air pollution of Ensenada, which generated the deterioration in steel cans, being originated principally sulfurs of cars and chloride ions of sea breeze. Recently in this city of the northwest of the Mexican Republic, the indices of air pollutants emitted by the traffic vehicle, are increased and overpass the air quality standards (AQS), determined by the Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT-Mexico) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA-USA). For this reason an analysis of the atmospheric corrosion in indoors of a seafood industry located in Ensenada city, was made to identify the aggressive agents that reacted with the metallic surface of steel cans used to can tuna and sardine, with micro evaluation with technique of Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and nano analysis with Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES) method. The investigation was made in 2019.

A conservation checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Mexico City, with comparisons with adjoining states.

Mexico City houses one of the most populous urban areas of the world, and the modification of its natural habitat likely influences the biological diversity found there. In particular, amphibians and reptiles are likely affected by these modifications. Herein, we present an updated list of the species of amphibians and reptiles that inhabit Mexico City. Mexico City harbors 65 species of amphibians and reptiles, which represent 21 families and 33 genera. These include 18 species of amphibians (nine anurans and nine salamanders) and 47 species of reptiles (14 lizards, 30 snakes [one introduced], and three turtles [one introduced]). Forty-eight of the amphibian and reptile species in Mexico City are endemic to Mexico, with two endemic to Mexico City. The most diverse region of Mexico City is the Forests and Ravines region, which is home to 43 species. Eleven species of amphibians and reptiles in Mexico City are IUCN listed, 16 are placed in a protected category by SEMARNAT (Secretaria del Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales), and 27 species are categorized as high risk by the EVS (Environmental Viability Score). Mexico City shares almost 94% of its species with the State of Mexico.

Generación, reciclaje y disposición final de los principales residuos en México, 2000-2014

Este trabajo analiza el comportamiento de los residuos en México para el periodo 2000-2014 considerando sus tres vertientes: generación, tratamiento o reciclaje y disposición final. La generación de residuos por persona en México es uno de los más altos en América Latina por lo que es prioritario tomar medidas en beneficio del medio ambiente y la salud de los habitantes. Se utilizó información estadística de fuentes oficiales del Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía y de la Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales para diversos tipos de residuos, es analizada la tendencia de reciclaje usando un modelo de regresión lineal. Los resultados muestran que la generación ha sido creciente para la mayoría de los residuos; sin embargo, su tratamiento (reciclaje) permanece relativamente bajo lo que provoca mala disposición final; de modo que es necesario aumentar el reciclaje y ejercer programas para cuantificar adecuadamente los residuos, así como incursionar en educación ambiental.

Sustentabilidad y agricultura urbana practicada por mujeres en la Zona Metropolitana de Ciudad de México, Valle de Chalco Solidaridad

Objetivo: evidenciar las formas en las que, hoy día, las organizaciones populares de la sociedad civil están haciendo agricultura como una estrategia para establecer territorios urbanos sustentables, no centrados en el crecimiento económico. Sus propuestas se mantienen en tres ejes: ambiental, económico y social; son destinadas a mejorar la alimentación y el sentido comunitario de zonas urbanas vulnerables. Metodología: el fundamento cualitativo se base en el seguimiento a 45 unidades de producción. El cuantitativo con la aplicación de un cuestionario a 25 productoras que son parte de Xico Kaa’a Comunicaciones A. C., Valle de Chalco Solidaridad. Se utiliza el Marco para la Evaluación de Sistemas de Manejo de Recursos Naturales Incorporando Indicadores de Sustentabilidad (MESMIS). Resultados: la sustentabilidad de la agricultura urbana es fuerte, cumple con las funciones que le dan origen, impulsa el desarrollo sustentable y la soberanía alimentaria. Las productoras practican la agricultura urbana porque obtienen el autoabasto familiar de alimentos; realizan técnicas agroecológicas para coadyuvar a mejorar el medio ambiente. En los criterios de diagnóstico MESMIS más del 50 % fueron evaluados como sustentables, permitiendo la regeneración de energía en el sistema productivo. Limitaciones: estudios escasos respecto al estado de la agricultura urbana en la Zona Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México acerca de beneficios e impactos de producir en una de las ciudades más grandes del mundo; focalización de resultados a un sector específico de la población que reside en la periferia oriente. Conclusiones: las organizaciones de la sociedad civil demuestran que detonan acciones dentro del marco de la sustentabilidad como la agricultura urbana y generan beneficios para las condiciones comunitarias, alimenticias y económicas.

Sustainability of mangrove crab (Ucides cordatus) gathering in the southeast Brazil: A MESMIS-based assessment

This study assesses the sustainability of mangrove crab (Ucides cordatus) gathering in the mangrove of the Paraíba do Sul River estuary, located in southeast Brazil. Ethnographic interviews using a semi-structured questionnaire with open- and closed-ended questions were individually conducted with 35 gatherers of U. cordatus. The gatherers' reports and data from the literature were used to measure sustainability of this production system using the Framework for the Evaluation of Natural Resource Management Systems Incorporating Sustainability Indicators (MESMIS, the acronym in Spanish for ‘Marco para la Evaluación de Sistemas de Manejo de Recursos Naturales incorporando Indicadores de Sustentabilidad’). Ten indicators were developed to assess the social, economic and ecological parameters related to the sustainability of this fishing activity. All indicators had below-ideal values, with a 47% relative sustainability index. This finding demonstrates that mangrove crabs are not sustainably gathered in the region. The indicators can be applied to other fishing systems and used by community agents themselves in routine sustainability assessments.

Seasonal antler cycle in white-tailed deer in Campeche wetlands in Southeastern Mexico

Hunting activity in Mexico is regulated by the Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT), a Federal agency which also approves management plans and annual harvest rates. The official calendar for white-tailed deer hunting season in Mexico comprises a single season that runs from November to March. To determine the congruence of the current hunting calendar with the seasonal timing of hard antlers of white-tailed deer in the wetlands of Campeche in southeastern Mexico, we used data obtained from 10 camera trap surveys performed from 2010 to 2017. In the pictures of white-tailed deer, we identified the timing of the presence of different antler developmental stages (velvet, hard antlers, and no antlers) as well as the occurrence of fawns. We obtained 1071 pictures of deer with antlers in velvet stage, 128 with hard antlers, 16 with no antlers, and 414 pictures of fawns. We observed that pictures of deer with antlers in velvet stage occurred from February to July, hard antlers from May to October, and no antlers from the second part of November to January. We also observed that the fawning season ran from February to June. Our results indicate that the reproductive season in Campeche wetlands is different from what occurs in the northern latitudes of Mexico and southern USA. Because the timing of the white-tailed deer antler development in our study area does not coincide with the official hunting season established in Mexico, we believe it is necessary to modify the official hunting season for the Campeche wetland area. Sport hunting should be permitted from August to October, based on the timing of deer with hard antlers.

Population structure, habitat connectivity and movement patterns of the blue jack mackerel, Trachurus picturatus, in the NE Atlantic: combining natural tags for a rational management of fisheries resources

Population structure, habitat connectivity and movement patterns of the blue jack mackerel, Trachurus picturatus, in the NE Atlantic: combining natural tags for a rational management of fisheries resources

Agroeocology, sustainable farming and mesmis methodology in Central Region of RS

Este trabalho investiga a contribuição dos agricultores familiares em transição Agroecológica, na Região do Território Central do Rio Grande do Sul, para a Agroecologia e Sustentabilidade. Foi elaborado a partir da metodologia Marco para la Evaluación de Sistemas de Manejo de Recursos Naturales incorporando Indicadores de Sustentabilidad, ou MESMIS, utilizando-se de documentos, entrevistas e fotografias recolhidos entre abril de 2015 e junho de 2016, em oito (08) agroecossistemas em transição agroecológica. A partir desse grupo, questionamos como as concepções a respeito da Agroecologia contribuem para a manutenção da sustentabilidade. Apontamos, por fim, a importância das metodologias participativas, e do protagonismo dos agricultores familiares, na produção de projetos de desenvolvimento sustentável, pesquisas e trabalhos científicos relevantes que valorizem as experiências de construção e intercâmbio desses saberes e conhecimentos.

The Mexican Blindcat Project: new discoveries and future efforts

The endangered Mexican blindcat (Prietella phreatophila, Carranza 1954) is one of only four described stygobitic ictalurid catfish in North America. Members of two monotypic genera (Satan eurystomus and Trogloglanis pattersoni) are known from the Edwards Aquifer in Texas and, until recently, Prietella (represented by P. lundbergi and P. phreatophila) was only known to occur in Mexico (northern Coahuila to southern Tamaulipas). The recent discovery of P. phreatophila in a cave on the Amistad National Recreation Area in Val Verde County, Texas is the result of decades of sporadic effort on both sides of the US/Mexican border and has stimulated a renewed effort to investigate the distribution, ecology, evolutionary history, and conservation status of this species. Collaborative efforts among The San Antonio Zoo, The University of Texas at Austin, Zara Environmental, and The National Park Service are currently focused on habitat surveys in Texas as well as captive husbandry and propagation. Ongoing efforts with collaborators from the Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas, Área de Protección de Recursos Naturales Sabinas and the Laboratorio de Genética para la Conservación, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, La Paz include expanded fieldwork in Mexico, hydrogeologic studies, and surveys using environmental DNA.

Gestión comunitaria de los recursos forestales en la comunidad Pensamiento Liberal Mexicano, Zaachila, Oaxaca

El objetivo de la investigación fue analizar la estrategia que tienen los habitantes de la comunidad de Pensamiento Liberal Mexicano, Zaachila, Oaxaca, en 2016. El aprovechamiento comunitario de los recursos forestales del territorio y la importancia del bosque en la generación de ingreso familiar. El estudio fue no experimental y tuvo un enfoque mixto usando un método descriptivo-analítico, donde se utilizaron técnicas cuantitativas y cualitativas para obtención de información. Los resultados obtenidos señalan que 80.4% de las familias son deficitarias en la producción de granos básicos y los recursos forestales son fuente de ingresos, que son superiores a los generados por la agricultura, ganadería y los subsidios de los programas públicos. Se encontró que la asamblea comunitaria, el Comité de Organización de Comuneros y Campesinos y el Comité de Vigilancia de los Recursos Naturales y Forestales son instituciones eficientes que permiten el aprovechamiento y acceso controlado a los recursos forestales de uso común con equidad y sustentabilidad bajo los lineamientos del estatuto comunitario.

Assessing the sensitivity of matching algorithms: The case of a natural resource management programme in Honduras

A fundamental challenge in impact evaluations that rely on a quasi-experimental design is to define a control group that accurately refl ects the counterfactual situation. Our aim is to evaluate empirically the performance of a range of approaches that are widely used in economic research. In particular, we compared three diff erent types of matching algorithms (optimal, greedy and nonparametric). These techniques were applied in the evaluation of the impact of the MARENA programme (Manejo de Recursos Naturales en Cuencas Prioritarias), a natural resource management programme implemented in Honduras between 2004 and 2008. The key findings are: (a) optimal matching did not produce better-balanced matches than greedy matching; and (b) programme impact calculated from nonparametric matching regressions, such as kernel or local linear regressions, yielded more consistent outcomes. Our impact results are similar to those previously reported in the literature, and we can conclude that the MARENA programme had a significant, positive impact on beneficiaries.

Weaponizing Maps: Indigenous Peoples and Counterinsurgency in the Americas by Joe Bryan and Denis Wood

Reviewed by: Weaponizing Maps: Indigenous Peoples and Counterinsurgency in the Americas by Joe Bryan and Denis Wood Sarah Montoya Weaponizing Maps: Indigenous Peoples and Counterinsurgency in the Americas. By Joe Bryan and Denis Wood. New York: Guilford Press, 2015. vii + 260 pp. Figures, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $35.00 paper. Joe Bryan and Denis Wood explore the limitations of participatory mapping projects in the Americas and their impact on indigenous communities. The authors critique the Bowman Expedition's México Indígena project (2005–2008), led by Peter Herlihy (University of Kansas) and funded by institutions such as the Foreign Military Studies Office of the US Department of Defense, the American Geographical Society (AGS), the University of Kansas's Center of Latin American Studies, and Mexico's Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales. Eventually, the project was accused of geopiracy by indigenous communities who were not informed that the data supplied would be made available to the government. The communities involved issued public statements indicting all associated parties, including Herlihy and the AGS. The México Indígena project serves as a valuable case study in the exploitation of indigenous communities by academic and governmental agencies who gain access to vulnerable populations under the guise of "participatory mapping." Bryan and Wood also discuss the difficulties faced by indigenous communities utilizing maps to make legally legible land claims. Their work in this area largely focuses on the Miskito communities in Nicaragua. In order for indigenous maps to successfully negotiate land claims, the maps must reflect a (neo)colonial geographic and cartographic regime. This socio-spatial organization fails to recognize a communal relationship to territory and instead favors state-sanctioned individual ownership of property. In lieu of the recognition of indigenous sovereignty, the state offers incorporation into its dominant political project and provides recognition of indigenous relationships to land only as it relates to conservation efforts. Weaponizing Maps: Indigenous Peoples and Counter-insurgency in the Americas is bookended by an account of the World Human Geographic Conference held at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas, in September 2011. The authors recall the horror and history of colonial violence within a space that then functions as a backdrop to a government-funded geography conference on ethics. At the start of the text, it seems like a strange juxtaposition. By the end of the text, it registers as a desperate attempt to address the outcry caused the Bowman Expedition without meaningfully challenging the politics, ethics, or methodologies of those involved. At times refreshingly polemical and unapologetically critical, Bryan and Wood provide valuable historical sketches that link the ideological and material ramifications of maps on indigenous communities and trace the development of property-based cartographic and geographic logics during wartime. Though the México Indígena project serves as a focal point, the authors deftly weave together the development of the American Geographical Society, the rise of indigenous mapping projects in the 1990s and their subsequent limitations, and the relationship between dominant geographic practices and the academic-military-industrial complex. Sarah Montoya Gender Studies University of California, Los Angeles Copyright © 2017 Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska–Lincoln

A diversity and conservation inventory of the Herpetofauna of the Cuautlapan Valley, Veracruz, Mexico.

We compiled an inventory of the amphibians and reptiles of the Cuautlapan Valley, Veracruz, Mexico based on field surveys and museum and literature records. We found a total of 78 species: 28 amphibians (6 Salamanders and 22 anurans); and 50 reptiles (three turtles, 18 lizards, and 29 snakes). These taxa represent 26 families (eight amphibian families, 18 reptile families) and 60 genera (19 amphibian genera, 41 reptile genera). Two of these species are not native to the area (Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima and Hemidactylus frenatus). According to the IUCN red list, five species are Critically Endangered, two are Endangered, four are Near Threatened, and four are Vulnerable. In the SEMARNAT (Secretaría del Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales) listing, one species is Endangered, eight species are Threatened, and 25 are Subject to Special Protection. Even though the Cuautlapan Valley is represented by a relatively small area it hosts a rich diversity of amphibian and reptile species, many of which are at risk and protected under Mexican law. This valley lies between the growing cities of Orizaba and Cordoba which have contributed to habitat degradation threatening the existence of the wildlife that occurs there.

The unrest of the San Miguel volcano (El Salvador, Central America): installation of the monitoring network and observed volcano-tectonic ground deformation

Abstract. On 29 December 2013, the Chaparrastique volcano in El Salvador, close to the town of San Miguel, erupted suddenly with explosive force, forming a column more than 9 km high and projecting ballistic projectiles as far as 3 km away. Pyroclastic density currents flowed to the north-northwest side of the volcano, while tephras were dispersed northwest and north-northeast. This sudden eruption prompted the local Ministry of Environment to request cooperation with Italian scientists in order to improve the monitoring of the volcano during this unrest. A joint force, made up of an Italian team from the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia and a local team from the Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, was organized to enhance the volcanological, geophysical and geochemical monitoring system to study the evolution of the phenomenon during the crisis. The joint team quickly installed a multiparametric mobile network comprising seismic, geodetic and geochemical sensors (designed to cover all the volcano flanks from the lowest to the highest possible altitudes) and a thermal camera. To simplify the logistics for a rapid installation and for security reasons, some sensors were colocated into multiparametric stations. Here, we describe the prompt design and installation of the geodetic monitoring network, the processing and results. The installation of a new ground deformation network can be considered an important result by itself, while the detection of some crucial deforming areas is very significant information, useful for dealing with future threats and for further studies on this poorly monitored volcano.

Energía y valor de germinación en las especies arbóreas genízaro (Phitecellobium saman (Jacq.) Benth.) y guanacaste negro (Enterolobium cyclocarpum (Jacq.) Griseb.)

Este ensayo se realizó en el vivero de la Facultad de Recursos Naturales y del Ambiente de la Universidad Nacional Agraria en Managua, Nicaragua. Semillas de genízaro (Phitecellobium saman (Jacq.) Benth.) y guanacaste negro (Enterolobium cyclocarpum (Jacq.) Griseb.,) se utilizaron para cuantificar el porcentaje, energía y valor de la germinación al aplicar tratamientos pre – germinativos de sumersión en agua a punto de ebullición, seguido en ambos casos por 24 horas de reposo en agua a temperatura ambiente, previo a la siembra. También se evaluó el corte en el extremo de la testa de la semilla donde se encuentra el micrópilo. Para estudiar la germinación se seleccionaron 400 semillas por especie divididas en cuatro bloques de 100, sembradas en bandejas almacigueras de polietileno de 100 cavidades cada una. La duración del ensayo fue de 20 días con aplicaciones diarias de riego en las primeras horas de la mañana. El tratamiento pre germinativo que dio mejores resultados fue el rompimiento de la testa en el extremo donde se encuentra el micrópilo, con porcentaje de germinación superior a 90% y mayor valor y energías de germinación.La Calera, Vol.14 No.22, Mayo 2014, pp.28-32

Sistema Faro, Isla de Mona, Puerto Rico: speleogenesis of the world’s largest flank margin cave

Isla de Mona, a small, uplifted carbonate plateau jutting out of the waters of the Mona Passage, is an incredibly fragile and densely karstic environment. Expedition work was conducted by the Isla de Mona Project in cooperation with the Departamento Recursos Naturales y Ambientales de Puerto Rico (DRNA), including contributions from many researchers and cavers volunteering from across the U.S and Puerto Rico in the course of 12 separate expeditions, spanning a 14-year period (1998 to 2013). Over 200 caves have been documented on the island to date, the majority of this inventory is composed of flank margin caves but also includes sea caves, pit caves and talus caves. The most extensive example of cave development on the island is Sistema Faro – a sprawling maze-like series of chambers formed within the eastern point of the island with over 40 cliffside entrances overlooking the Caribbean Sea. Detailed cartography and analysis of the geomorphology and development of the Sistema Faro has helped form a complex model of carbonate island cave development as a function of tectonic uplift, lithology, sea level changes, karst hydrogeology and cliff retreat. This communication examines the roles these controls have played in the genesis of the world’s largest flank margin cave.

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

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.