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Southernmost occurrence of Gobiosoma hemigymnum (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888) on salt marshes of the Bahia Blanca estuary, Argentina: an unusual finding

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2023

Lucas M. Molina Open the ORCID record for Lucas M. Molina [Opens in a new window] ,
M. Cecilia González Dubox  and
Andrea Lopez Cazorla
Lucas M. Molina*
Affiliation:
Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, Área de Metodología de la Investigación, Viedma, Argentina CIT Rio Negro (UNRN-CONICET), Viedma, Argentina
M. Cecilia González Dubox
Affiliation:
CIT Rio Negro (UNRN-CONICET), Viedma, Argentina
Andrea Lopez Cazorla
Affiliation:
Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía (IADO-CONICET), Bahia Blanca, Argentina
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Corresponding author: Lucas M. Molina; E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Salt marshes do not present favourable conditions for cryptic fish species to inhabit these areas, mainly due to dryness and high temperatures at low tides, and scarce places to hide. Despite the harsh environmental conditions, we report, for the first time, the occurrence of two specimens of the half-naked goby Gobiosoma hemigymnum at high marsh, between oysters and Spartina alteniflora stems. In this paper we report evidence of a possible positive effect of autogenic ecosystem engineer and invasive species, the Pacific oyster (Magallana gigas), over the gobid, Gobiosoma hemigymnum, found 600 km away from its southernmost normal range.

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Bahía Blanca estuarygobiidsGobiosoma hemigymnumMagallana gigasnon-indigenous species (NIS)Spartina alteniflora
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Marine Record
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 103 , 2023 , e31
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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