Iconographic catalog of the diatoms occurring in rocky habitats and in the diet of young abalone (Haliotis spp.) in Baja California Sur, México.

D. A. Siqueiros-Beltrones; G. Valenzuela-Romero; O. U. Hernández-Almeida; U. Argumedo-Hernández; F.O. López Fuerte

doi:10.37543/oceanides.v19i1-2.16

Authors

D. A. Siqueiros-Beltrones
G. Valenzuela-Romero
O. U. Hernández-Almeida
U. Argumedo-Hernández
F.O. López Fuerte

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37543/oceanides.v19i1-2.16

Keywords:

Benthic diatoms, Young abalone, Rocky environment, Baja California Sur

Abstract

An iconographic catalogue and inventory of the diatom taxa found in rocky habitats of the west
coast of Baja California Sur and those that make up part of the diet in young abalone (Haliotis spp.) are
provided as a practical reference that aids in the management of this resource. This information was derived mainly from scientific studies in various localities in B. C. Sincerely. The analyzed diatom samples were collected from the rocky environment, and from the gut contents of young green (H. fulgens) and pink abalone (H. corrugata). A total of 321 benthic diatom taxa were identified, both epilithic and mainly epiphytic forms. Out of these 98 diatom taxa have been observed in the diet of juvenile H. fulgens and H. corrugata. Although young abalone may feed on any diatom species available in their habitat, few taxa represent the main diatom component of their diet: Cocconeis speciosa, C. costata var. pacifica, C. diminuta, C. scutellum, T. nitzschioides, T. investiens, Gomphonemopsis pseudexigua, and colonial forms, such as Berkeleya fennica. Mono- or multispecific clusters of diatoms are frequent in the gut contents of abalone juveniles, frequently attached to macroalgae tissue. Our observations indicate that the monospecific view and
supposed selectivity in the feeding of cultured abalone should be reconsidered, and that the diatom source for feeding young abalone and post-larvae under culture conditions should be the rocky substrate occupied by macroalgae found in abalone fishing sites. Because of the abundance of epiphytic diatoms on macroalgae the contribution of diatoms to the nutrition of young abalone (0.5 cm -1 cm) that change their diet to macroalgae should be reassessed.

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