Deep-water bivalves from the oxygen minimum zone area off the western Peninsula of Baja California,Mexico |
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| Authors: | Nancy Yolimar Suárez-Mozo Paul Valentich-Scott Michel E Hendrickx |
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| Institution: | 1. Posgrado en Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM, Unidad Académica Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico;2. Laboratorio de Invertebrados Bentónicos, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM, Unidad Académica Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexiconancy-yolimar@hotmail.com;4. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA, USA;5. Laboratorio de Invertebrados Bentónicos, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM, Unidad Académica Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACTEighteen species of deep-sea bivalves were collected below the Oxygen Minimum Zone (OMZ) core off western Mexico. This material was obtained during the research cruises XVI, XVIB (off the northwestern Peninsula of Baja California), and VIII (Gulf of California) of the TALUD project aboard the R/V El Puma. The samples were taken with an epibenthic sledge (710–2077?m deep) and with a box corer (750–2600?m). The species belong to 10 families: Solemyidae, Nuculanidae, Malletiidae, Tindariidae, Limopsidae, Propeamussiidae, Tellinidae, Periplomatidae, Poromyidae and Lyonsiellidae. Environmental parameters (oxygen, salinity, sediments composition and temperature) are given for each sampling station. Tolerance to oxygen depletion is analysed for all deep-water species collected by the TALUD survey off the Baja California Peninsula. The additional file includes shell characteristics and distributional information for each species. |
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| Keywords: | Mollusca western Mexico distribution oxygen deficiency Bivalvia |
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