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Mapping seahorses in a Brazilian estuary: mangrove structures as key predictors for distribution and habitat preference
| العنوان: | Mapping seahorses in a Brazilian estuary: mangrove structures as key predictors for distribution and habitat preference |
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| المؤلفون: | Anna Karolina Martins Borges, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves, Tacyana Pereira Ribeiro Oliveira |
| المصدر: | PeerJ, Vol 11, p e15730 (2023) |
| بيانات النشر: | PeerJ Inc., 2023. |
| سنة النشر: | 2023 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Medicine LCC:Biology (General) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Syngnathids, Longsnout seahorse, Hippocampus reidi, Mangrove, Conservation, Medicine, Biology (General), QH301-705.5 |
| الوصف: | Planning for effective conservation demands an accurate understanding of the ecological aspects of species, particularly their distribution and habitat preferences. This is even more critical in the case of data-poor, rare, and threatened species, such as seahorses, mainly when they inhabit vulnerable ecosystems like estuaries. Given the importance of better understanding these parameters to design seahorse conservation strategies, we mapped the distribution and assessed habitat preferences of longsnout seahorses (Hippocampus reidi) in a mangrove estuary in a Brazilian protected area. Using generalised linear mixed-effects models we found that dense mangrove cover macro-habitats and shallow depths predicted seahorse sightings and higher densities. Furthermore, the selective index of micro-habitats used by seahorses showed that seahorses exhibited a preference for mangrove structures as holdfasts (i.e., fallen branches). Due to the significant importance of mangroves in providing suitable habitats for H. reidi in estuaries, it is crucial to enforce the protection of these ecosystems in conservation and management strategies for the species. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2167-8359 |
| Relation: | https://peerj.com/articles/15730.pdf; https://peerj.com/articles/15730/; https://doaj.org/toc/2167-8359 |
| DOI: | 10.7717/peerj.15730 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/477a7f95bdb446678d6885d0d131d9ab |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.477a7f95bdb446678d6885d0d131d9ab |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 21678359 |
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| DOI: | 10.7717/peerj.15730 |