Changes in the structure of a shallow sandy-beach community in Peru during an El Nino event
Changes in the structure of a shallow sandy-beach community in Peru during an El Nino event
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厄尔尼诺事件期间秘鲁浅滩群落结构的变化
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1987
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A. Robles
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W. Arntz;T. Brey;J. Tarazona;A. Robles
Many infaunal sandy-bottom communities in shallow waters of the Peruvian upwelling system are inhabited by large coexisting populations of the surf clams Mesodesma donacium and Donax peruvianus as well as by the anomuran mole crab Emerita analoga. Under normal conditions, equilibrium states are possible with any one of these species dominating. A Mesodesma community south of Lima in Peru was investigated over 2,5 years, covering periods prior to, during and after the El Nino (EN) of 1982–83. It was revisited several times later. Growth, recruitment and mortality and, therefore, production of Mesodesma and Donax varied to some extent before EN. However, during the event Mesodesma became locally extinct and had not recolonized the area by July 1986, three years after the return of normal temperatures. Donax, which took over immediately after EN, never reached the densities of the former dominant Mesodesma. Emerita remained a rare species as well, whereas spionid polychaetes increased in importance. The medi...