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Patrones de forrajeo en dos especies de peces intermareales herbívoros de las costas de Chile: Efecto de la abundancia y composición química del alimento Foraging patterns of two species of intertidal herbivorous fishes: Effect of food abundance and chemical composition

open access: yesRevista Chilena de Historia Natural, 2000
Los peces herbívoros son organismos que deben suplir los requerimientos de su economía energética a partir de una fuente de alimento con un bajo contenido de nutrientes y energía. Dos de las interrogantes más importantes en relación con la herbivoría por
CRISTIAN W. CACERES, F. PATRICIO OJEDA
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Effects of harvesting on subtidal kelp forests (Lessonia trabeculata) in central Chile

open access: yesEcosphere, Volume 13, Issue 3, March 2022., 2022
Abstract The systematic degradation of marine ecosystems is a global phenomenon that has important and diverse consequences including biodiversity loss and reduced ecosystem service provisions. In temperate regions, subtidal kelp forests are dominant ecosystems in rocky coasts, subjected to the influence of local‐scale stressors and regional ...
Bryan Bularz   +4 more
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New Salinity Tolerant Species of Gyrodactylus (Platyhelminthes, Monogenea) on Intertidal and Supratidal Fish Species from the Chilean Coast [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Purpose: The intertidal and supratidal coastal zone challenges the osmoregulatory capacity of aquatic inhabitants. Four new species of Gyrodactylus ectoparasites on two intertidal fishes from Chile are described based on molecular and morphological ...
Lumme, Jaakko   +2 more
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(Teleostei: Blenniidae) and provides insights into their evolutionary history

open access: yes, 2022
The blenniids of the genus Scartichthys are one of the most common fishes of Central and South American Pacific coastal reefs. This being said, Scartichthys spp.
Hans Hartmann‐Salvo   +10 more
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Effect of foresting barren ground with Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C. Agardh on the occurrence of coastal fishes off northern Chile [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Macrocystis pyrifera kelp beds play a significant ecological role along the coast of Chile. Besides their importance as food, protection structures, substrata, microhabitats and nurseries, regularly occurring natural disturbances (e.g.
Villegas, Mario   +3 more
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Temporal and spatial dissimilarities in an intertidal fish assemblage in the South Pacific Ocean: The role of the ENSO process and intrinsic habitat conditions in emerging patterns

open access: yes, 2023
An intertidal fish assemblage was studied in central Chile for 15 years in three localities: Isla Negra, El Tabo, and Las Cruces. Analyses of their multivariate dissimilarities were carried out considering temporal and spatial factors.
Ojeda, Patricio   +3 more
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Patrones de abundancia, composición trófica y distribución espacial del ensamble de peces intermareales de la zona centro-sur de Chile Abundance, trophic composition and spatial distribution of the intertidal fish assemblage of South-central Chile

open access: yesRevista Chilena de Historia Natural, 2000
En las costas de la zona centro-sur de Chile se han realizado una serie de estudios relacionados con la biología de los peces pelágicos de importancia económica. Por el contrario, el conocimiento acerca de los peces litorales es escaso.
PABLO A QUIJADA, CRISTIAN W. CACERES M
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Patrones de coloración de dos especies del género Scartichthys (Blenniidae: Perciformes) de la zona costera del norte de Chile [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The aim of this study was to report the colouration patterns of live specimens of two Blenniidae species: Scartichthys gigas and S. viridis, from tide pools in the coastal area of 3 localities of northern Chile. Colouration patterns for S.
Méndez-Abarca, Felipe   +1 more
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A new species of Hemipera Nicoll, 1913 (Digenea: Derogenidae) from fishes of the intertidal rocky zone of Chile

open access: yes, 2016
A new species, Hemipera cribbi sp. nov., is described. This trematode was found in three intertidal fish species: Scartichthys viridis (Valenciennes) (Blenniidae), Gobiesox marmoratus Jenyns (Gobiesocidae) and Myxodes viridis Valenciennes (Clinidae) from
George-Nascimento, Mario   +4 more
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Feeding selectivity of the herbivorous fish Scartichthys viridis

open access: yes, 1999
The ecological importance of fish herbivory was examined in a temperate rocky intertidal zone along the central Chilean coast. In this system, the blenny Scartichthys viridis is the most abundant and only herbivorous fish. We describe its diet, determine
Ojeda, FP, Muñoz, AA
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