Ramos-Rivera Brenda Sarahí, Castro-Mondragon Himmer, Kuk-Dzul José Gabriel, Flores-Rodríguez Pedro, Flores-Garza Rafael
Facultad de Ecología Marina, Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero, Av. Las Palmas No. 20 Fraccionamiento las Playas, Acapulco de Juárez C.P. 39390, Mexico.
Dirección de Cátedras-CONACYT, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT), Ciudad de México C.P. 03940, Mexico.
Animals (Basel). 2021 Jun 10;11(6):1734. doi: 10.3390/ani11061734.
The present study contributes to the knowledge of epibionts recorded on sea turtles that nested on a beach in the South Pacific of Mexico. A total of 125 turtles nested on Llano Real beach, Guerrero, Mexico, were examined. We collected 450 conspicuous organisms from 8 species from 43 turtles. The corresponding data analysis was carried out to obtain the relative abundance, the relationship between turtle sizes and the presence of organisms, the similarity of species between the sampling months, and the interspecific relationships between the epibionts and the turtles observed. was the most abundant species, while was the least abundant species. The turtles were divided into six body sections, with the greatest abundance of these organisms located in the head-neck section of turtles, and there was a significant difference in the size of the turtles that presented epibionts and those that did not. showed greater similarity between sampling months, and the interspecific relationships recorded were commensalism, parasitism, amensalism, and protocooperation. This research contributes the first record of epibionts in nesting in Guerrero, Mexico.
本研究有助于了解在墨西哥南太平洋一处海滩筑巢的海龟身上所记录的附着生物。对在墨西哥格雷罗州的拉诺雷亚尔海滩筑巢的总共125只海龟进行了检查。我们从43只海龟身上收集了来自8个物种的450个显眼生物。进行了相应的数据分析，以获取相对丰度、海龟大小与生物存在之间的关系、采样月份之间物种的相似性，以及观察到的附着生物与海龟之间的种间关系。 是最丰富的物种，而 是最不丰富的物种。海龟被分为六个身体部位，这些生物的最大丰度位于海龟的头颈部位，出现附着生物的海龟和未出现附着生物的海龟在大小上存在显著差异。 在采样月份之间表现出更大的相似性，记录的种间关系有共生、寄生、偏害共生和原始合作。这项研究提供了墨西哥格雷罗州 筑巢的海龟身上附着生物的首次记录。
