Vol. 31 (2021)
Artículos de Investigación

Epizoic diatoms on female olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) sea turtles in spawning state at Playa Ventura, Guerrero, Mexico

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  • Migdalia Díaz Vargas,
  • Pedro Fabián Carrasco Leandro,
  • César Daniel Jiménez Piedragil,
  • Judith García Rogríguez,
  • Alejandro García Flores,
  • Elsah Arce Uribe,
  • Yirdael Muñiz Corona
Migdalia Díaz Vargas
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos
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Pedro Fabián Carrasco Leandro
Universidad Aut
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15174/au.2021.3058

Published 2021-08-25

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Díaz Vargas, M., Carrasco Leandro, P. F., Jiménez Piedragil, C. D., García Rogríguez, J., García Flores, A., Arce Uribe, E., & Muñiz Corona, Y. (2021). Epizoic diatoms on female olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) sea turtles in spawning state at Playa Ventura, Guerrero, Mexico . Acta Universitaria, 31, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.15174/au.2021.3058

Abstract

Sea turtles can be a place of settlement for smaller organisms called epibionts, which are harmless guests with a unique relationship. The objective of this study was to identify the diatoms that inhabit the shell of female turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) during the nesting season 2015-2016 in Playa Ventura, Guerrero, Mexico. A total of 46 female olive ridley sea turtles were sampled from October to January, registering 20 species and 17 genus of diatoms. The genus with the highest number of species were Gomphonema (three species) and Cocconeis (two species). The results indicate that the acquisition and proliferation of diatoms are not directly related to the behavior of the turtles, but rather to each single turtle and their habits.

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