A revision of Artemia biodiversity in Macaronesia

Aquatic Biosystems

Francisco Hontoria¹  Stela Redón¹  Marta Maccari¹  Inmaculada Varó¹  Juan Carlos Navarro¹  Lluis Ballell¹  Francisco Amat¹ 

[1] Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal (CSIC), 12595 Ribera de Cabanes, Castellón, Spain

关键词: Invasion;    Loss of habitats;    Saltworks;    Macaronesia;    Biodiversity;    Artemia;   

Others  :  794418
DOI  :  10.1186/2046-9063-8-25

 received in 2012-04-11, accepted in 2012-10-10,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

In a biogeographical context, the term Macaronesia broadly embraces the North Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores, Madeira, Selvagens, the Canary Islands, and Cape Verde. The peculiar arid climatic conditions in some of these places have led to the development of marine salt exploitations, which can be counted among the hypersaline habitats of the brine shrimp Artemia (Branchiopoda, Anostraca). Parthenogenetic populations of this anostracan were described in the Canary Islands during the last decades of the 20th century, while the American Artemia franciscana species was recently found in the Cape Verde archipelago. Following an invasive pattern, this exotic species has recently reached the Canary Islands, too. This paper reports information dealing with biotope loss (solar saltworks) in this biogeographical region, together with possible consequences concerning the arrival of invasive species, two factors that frequently promote dramatic biodiversity losses. The discussion of this threat focuses mainly on the Canary Islands archipelago where native species of Artemia still exist.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Hontoria et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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